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blanket
thumb|right|Le Lit (Toulouse-Lautrec)|The Bed, 1892 by [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, depicts two people under a blanket]] A blanket is a swath of soft cloth large enough either to cover or to enfold most of the user's body and thick enough to keep the body warm by trapping radiant body heat that otherwise would be lost through convection and radiation.
polystyrene
thumb|Expanded polystyrene packaging thumb|A polystyrene yogurt container thumb|Bottom of a vacuum forming|vacuum-formed cup; fine details such as the glass and fork [[food contact materials symbol and the resin identification code symbol are easily molded]]
thermal insulation
insulation against heat transfer
sleeping bag
insulated covering for a person
down feather
soft, fine feather, sometimes under larger feathers
insulated glazing
construction element consisting of at least two glass plates for windows and other glazing
thermal bridge
area or component of an object which has higher thermal conductivity than the surrounding materials
building insulation
protection of buildings against heat transfers
hempcrete
thumb|right|Construction block made from hempcrete thumb|Illustration of hemp concrete carbon emission and sequestration, with a net emissions balance indicating carbon negativity
multi-layer insulation
thermal insulation
bed skirt
bedding accessory consisting of a flat and gathered or pleated piece of fabric, often matching the bedspread, attached to the rails or springs of a bed.Used to cover the bed frame and the bed legs. Also used for decoration.
Thinsulate
Thinsulate is a brand of synthetic fiber thermal insulation used in winter clothing. The word is a portmanteau of the words thin and insulate, and is trademarked by 3M. The material is made by the 3M Corporation and was first sold in 1979. It was originally marketed as an inexpensive alternative to down; at the time, 3M claimed it was twice as warm as an equivalent amount of any natural material.
R-value
measure of how well an object, per unit of area, resists conductive flow of heat
building insulation material
insulation material
superinsulator
A superinsulator is a material that at low but finite temperatures does not conduct electricity, i.e. has an infinite resistance so that no electric current passes through it. The phenomenon of superinsulation can be regarded as an exact dual to superconductivity.
1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane
1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa) is a hydrofluorocarbon, a colorless gas which is used primarily for closed-cell spray foam insulation. HFC-245fa is also known as pentafluoropropane and by its chemical name 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane.
Malter effect
phenomenon describing positive charge caused by ionising radiation
pipe insulation
thermal or acoustic insulation used on pipework