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Emissivity
DESCRIPTION
COMPOSITION
TEMPERATURE (K)
EMISSIVITY
(E)
Aluminum oxide
(n)
600
0.69
 
1000
0.55
 
1500
0.41
Asphalt pavement
(h)
300
0.85-0.93
Building materials
Asbestos sheet
(h)
300
0.93-0.96
Brick, red
(h)
300
0.93-0.96
Gypsum or
plaster board
(h)
Wood
(h)
300
0.82-0.92
Cloth
(h)
300
0.75-0.90
Concrete
(h)
300
0.88-0.93
Glass, window
(h)
300
0.90-0.95
Ice
(h)
273
0.95-0.98
Paints
Black (Parsons)
(h)
300
0.98
White, acrylic
(h)
300
0.90
White, zinc oxide
(h)
300
0.92
Paper, white
(h)
300
0.92-0.97
Pyrex
(n)
300
0.82
 
600
0.80
 
1000
0.71
 
1200
0.62
Pyroceram
(n)
300
0.85
 
600
0.78
 
1000
0.69
 
1500
0.57
Refractories (furnace liners)
Alumina brick
(n)
800
0.40
 
1000
0.33
 
1400
0.28
 
1600
0.33
Magnesia brick
(n)
800
0.45
 
1000
0.36
 
1400
0.31
 
1600
0.40
Kaolin insulating brick
(n)
800
0.70
 
1200
0.57
 
1400
0.47
 
1600
0.53
Sand
(h)
300
0.90
Silicon carbide
(n)
600
0.87
 
1000
0.87
 
1500
0.85
Skin
(h)
300
0.95
Snow
(h)
273
0.82-0.90
Soil
(h)
300
0.93-0.96
Rocks
(h)
300
0.93-0.96
Teflon
(h)
300
0.85
 
400
0.87
 
500
0.92
Vegetation
(h)
300
0.92-0.96
Water
(h)
300
0.96
Total, normal (n), or hemispherical (h) emissivity of selected surfaces
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