Laboratory Determination of the Thermal conductivity of a Typical Nigerian Granite Rock
| dc.contributor.author | Ozebo, V.C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Odusote, O.O | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sulaimon, O.O | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-16T17:40:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-16T17:40:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.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 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.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 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.akamaiuniversity.us/PJST.htm | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10410 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Akamai University, U.S.A | en_US |
| dc.subject | thermal conductivity, pressure, granite, Lee’s disc | en_US |
| dc.title | Laboratory Determination of the Thermal conductivity of a Typical Nigerian Granite Rock | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |