Thermal Conductivity Of Ceramic Floor Tiles

Thermal conductivity of ceramic and porcelain underfloor heating takes the natural cold out of tiled floors leading to a cozier more comfortable room.

Thermal conductivity of ceramic floor tiles.

Both ceramic and porcelain tiled floors have a high level of thermal conductivity which means when used with an underfloor heating system they heat up faster and retain this heat for longer. Floor tile materials studied in this work presented a wide range of thermal conductivities framed by the low thermal conductivity of vinyl below 0 20 w m 1 k 1 and the upper limit of granite 4 w m 1 k 1. Sugawara and yoshizawa 1962 measured the thermal conductivity of a ceramic tile at 70 c. For this test considering the homogeneous sample it is possible to determine the thermal conductivity through the equation 1 where λ is the conductivity w m k.

This ceramic tile for being clearer it can be dazzling under direct insulation. The theoretical values determined on the basis of total porosity by astm c329. Where l is the thermal conductivity of a porous ceramic body l o is the thermal conductivity of a porous free ceramic body p is the volume fraction of porous and n is a constant. On the other hand the thermal conductivity of ceramic tiles ranges from 0 6 to 1 7 wm 1 k 1 and correlates more with density porosity and less with moisture content 7.

Thermal conductivity values plotted in fig.