Sentences with phrase «insulating air layers»

Future wet suits with surface textures like the thick fur of otters that trap insulating air layers could keep tomorrow's divers warmer in icy waters.

As a matter of fact skinnies have no insulating air layer between the body and the fabric which would be very helpful to stay warm at temperatures in the double negative digits.

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An important adaptation for marine mammals is blubber, a thick, insulating layer of fat beneath the skin that helps to keep body warmth in and the cold of the air or water out.

Understanding how layers of air insulate the surface of glaciers, for example, is vital to making accurate estimates of how fast they will melt — and sea levels will rise — as the Earth warms under its blanket of greenhouse gases.

I used a 20 ″ wide Big Agnes 2.5 ″ insulated air pad between the double layers.

1 Wolf Easi - Joists in the roof for organised installation of services; 2 Windows bracketed externally onto blocks to reduce cold bridging; 3 The walls are externally insulated with 200 mm Xtratherm platinum EPS 100 insulation; 4 EPS brought up into eaves to meet roof insulation; 5 Airtight parge coat to walls, with Intello membrane to ceiling and battening for the Gypframe ceiling to contain services inside the airtight layer; 6 Cooper Insulation's Wincon unit, which enabled the Linham team to test for obvious air leakage points as they worked.

Fresh water lakes would freeze from the bottom if not for the latter property and would freeze solid rapidly because there's no layer of surface ice insulating the unfrozen water from the below freezing air above.

These window coverings are built with small honeycomb - shaped pockets or «cells» designed to keep air from either entering or escaping your home, and thick cellular fabrics that provide an insulating layer to help keep your room at an ideal temperature.