[time-nuts] Thermal Time Constant

[jimlux]

Brooke Clarke wrote:
> Hi Bruce:
> 
> What does m2K/W mean?  See:
> http://building.dow.com/europe/uk/proddata/styrofoam/thermal.htm
> 
> 50 mm it's about 1.5 and for 100 mm it's about 3.
> 

thermal resistance (you can tell because it's degrees/watt, as opposed 
to watts/degree which would be conductivity)

square meter Kelvin/Watt.

and doubling for a doubling in thickness makes perfect sense.