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[Art Montemayor]

Perhaps if you identify what your acronym "LHV" means, we can be of some help to you. It is not logical to expect engineers to memorize every conceivable acronym that exists or is made up - and know its meaning. We have much better things to do besides that. Is this a castable refractory? If so, then simply state it. Any additional data or information about what you propose to use it for may help get you what you need.

If you use an acronym, please apply the conventional and expected practice of at least identifying it within parentheses the first time you use it in a written script.

[Art Montemayor]

Saoud:

In less than 5 minutes I was able to access the Google database and when I keyed in Vermiculite- refractory I found:

http://www.ablerefra...0insulcast.html

where the following can be downloaded:

Able 1-2-4 - Data Sheet pdf
Blend of lumnite cement with haydite and vermiculite aggregates. It provides an excellent insulation as back-up material or as a hot face lining when temperatures do not exceed 2,000 F.

The Adobe document has, on the first page, the thermal conductivities (at different temperatures) you state you are looking for.

Now, level with me: am I the most brilliant and intelligent engineer in the Cosmos or are you just a lazy and non-inquisitive engineering student that requires his milk bottle be inserted into his mouth when he is hungry? I ask these questions to make a point to other students who might also read this.