why is the thermal conductivity of super insolation order of magnitude lower than the thermal conductivity of ordinary insulation?

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Samara Mclean

31 May, 16:26

why is the thermal conductivity of super insolation order of magnitude lower than the thermal conductivity of ordinary insulation?

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Jazmine Hampton · Answer 1

Super insulation are obtained by using layers of highly reflective sheets separated by glass fibers in an vacuumed space. Radiation heat transfer between any of the surfaces is inversely proportional to the number of sheets used and thus heat lost by radiation will be very low by using these highly reflective sheets which will an effective way of heat transfer.