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heat barrier

[′hēt ‚bar·ē·ər]
(aerospace engineering)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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A lightweight and resilient heat barrier laminate was issued a patent.
PHOTO : a PP foam sound and heat barrier, covered with a PP skin.
If better insulation were their only concern, the researchers could simply borrow the music studio principle and thicken their heat barriers. But that would frustrate efforts to make electronics thinner.
Metals like aluminum and copper can conduct electricity and resist a temperature of up to 140A C, so thermal tapes are used in electrical equipment as heat barriers. As an added benefit, thermal tapes are very resistant to many environmental factors, such as sunlight, ozone, and water.
He lists drones, surveillance cameras, security guard check-in stations, digital locks, metal heat barriers for attics, ultra-low-flow toilets and digital work order management as priorities in the year ahead.
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