Use of coconut fiber as a low-cost thermal insulator

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1320, Issue , 1997, Pages 283-291

  Kochhar, Gurmohan S ^a   Manohar, Krishpersad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Building insulation; Coconut fiber; Fibrous material; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); PLASTER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMAL INSULATION;

COCONUT FIBERS;

NATURAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031126065     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12281s     Document Type: Article

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