Units of Heat Insulation
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Description
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Heat insulation has the dimension time cubed thermodynamic temperature per mass. The SI composite unit of heat insulation is the second cubed kelvin per kilogram.
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Maple knows the units of heat insulation listed in the following table.
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Symbols
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Context
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Alternate Spellings
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Prefixes
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clo
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standard *
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clos
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Rvalue
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standard *
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Rvalues
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RSI @
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SI
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tog
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standard *
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togs
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An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively. Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, tog[standard]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, tog.
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The units of heat insulation are defined as follows.
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A clo is defined as degree Celsius meter squared hour per 15 degree Celsius kilocalorie.
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A standard R value is defined as square foot degree Fahrenheit hour per international table Btu.
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An SI R value (RSI) is defined as square meter kelvin per watt.
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A tog is defined as square meter kelvin per watt.
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Examples
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