milliwatt per meter-kelvin
Thermal conductivityexact by definition
The milliwatt per meter-kelvin is 10⁻³ W/(m·K), the natural unit for insulating materials and gases. Still air is 26 mW/(m·K), polyurethane foam 22, aerogel 13, and argon fill in a window unit 17.
Watch out: Insulation sales literature often quotes conductivity in mW/(m·K) and thickness in millimetres precisely because the numbers look bigger. The physics is identical to the W/(m·K) figure divided by a thousand.
| 1 | 0.001 |
One milliwatt per meter-kelvin in every thermal conductivity unit
| 1 | milliwatt per meter-kelvin (mW/(m·K))this unit | |
| 0.00693347 | BTU inch per hour square foot Fahrenheit (BTU·in/(h·ft²·°F)) | |
| 0.001 | watt per meter-kelvin (W/(m·K)) | |
| 0.001 | watt per meter-Celsius (W/(m·°C)) | |
| 0.000860421 | kilocalorie per hour meter Celsius (kcal/(h·m·°C)) | |
| 0.000577789 | BTU per hour-foot-Fahrenheit (BTU/(h·ft·°F)) | |
| 0.00001 | watt per centimeter-kelvin (W/(cm·K)) | |
| 0.00000239006 | calorie per second centimeter Celsius (cal/(s·cm·°C)) | |
| 0.000001 | kilowatt per meter-kelvin (kW/(m·K)) |
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