Thermal conductivity of polyurethane foams from room temperature to 20 K

Cryogenics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 305-312

  Tseng, Chung Jen ^a   Yamaguchi, Masahito ^b   Ohmori, Takao ^b  

^a NEW ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b IHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insulation; Liquid hydrogen; Polyurethane foam; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001057803     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2275(97)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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