On Tuesday 26 January 2010 20:46:41 Bill Hooper wrote: > Clearly this can be converted to m^2·C°·s/J . > > Furthermore, factor, s/J, is equal to 1/W so the R value can be simplified > even further to m^2·C°/W.
And as 1 C° of temperature difference is the same as 1 K, it's a kelvin square meter per watt. That's still a mouthful. One tenth of a kelvin square meter per watt is called a tog, but I think the kelvin square meter per watt itself should have a short name, since the 0.1 factor can cause some order of magnitude errors (as does the concurrent use of centimeters and millimeters). I've thought of calling it the coat; does anyone have a better name? The clo (https://www.swarpa.net/pipermail/fictionary/2002/thread.html) is another unit of thermal insulation (0.155 coat), which is not the same as the unit of R (0.176 coat). Anyone know where 0.155 came from? (For the R value, I asked the units program.) Pierre -- When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates. Já não percebe nada, já não percebe nada.
