Laboratory Determination of the Thermal conductivity of a Typical Nigerian Granite Rock
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Date
2012
Authors
Ozebo, V.C.
Odusote, O.O
Sulaimon, O.O
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Akamai University, U.S.A
Abstract
This paper investigates the thermal conductivity of
granite in view of its availability and usage in
building and construction. The thermal
conductivities of discs made from cement bonded
granite chippings were determined. The discs had
the same diameter but with varied thickness and
were also compressed under different pressures.
The values of the thermal conductivity were
between 0.18 and 0.43 Wm-1
K-1
. It shows that
granite is a poor conductor of heat and a
correlation coefficient of 0.78 exists between the
compression pressure and the thermal
conductivity. This indicates that porous granite of
low density will be a suitable thermal insulator
when used as aggregates in walls and roof tiles
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Keywords
thermal conductivity, pressure, granite, Lee’s disc
Citation
Ozebo, V.C., O.O. Odusote and O.O. Sulaimon (2012): Laboratory Determination of the Thermal conductivity of a Typical Nigerian Granite Rock. Pacific Journal of Science and technology. 13(2) 119 – 122