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Thermal properties of interior decorating material and the sensation of cold/warm by contact II: the relations among heat flux, temperature change of material, and sensation of cold/warm by contact

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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in heat flux and temperature after the subject's palm was in contact with interior decorating materials. The relations among heat flux, temperature, and sensation of cold/warm during contact were studied. Ten men and ten women were selected and introduced to 21 materials for the contact test. They were in contact with the specimens for 30min without seeing them in a climate-controlled room at 25°±1°C and 65% RH. Changes in the heat flux and temperature of the specimens were determined by a heat flux meter. A sensory evaluation test was applied to evaluate the cold-warm contact. Results indicated that the heat flux and temperature increased with increasing time after the subject's palm was in contact with the specimens. The heat flux (Q 30) and temperature (T 30) 30min after the subject's palm contacted the specimens were greater for male subjects than for female subjects. A positive linear regression equation existed between the values for Q30 andT 30, whereas a negative linear regression formula existed the sensation of cold-warm by contact (5) and the values of ln(Q 1·λ). Therefore, the sensation of cold/warm by contact could be estimated simply by using the thermal physical properties of the interior decorating materials.

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  1. Department of Forestry, College of Agriculture, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sect. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

    Song-Yung Wang, Far-Ching Lin & Min-Yi Lin

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Wang, SY., Lin, FC. & Lin, MY. Thermal properties of interior decorating material and the sensation of cold/warm by contact II: the relations among heat flux, temperature change of material, and sensation of cold/warm by contact. J Wood Sci 47, 109–114 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00780558

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