A Subambient Open Roof Surface under the Mid-Summer Sun.
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SUBMITTER: Gentle AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5115392 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
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A Subambient Open Roof Surface under the Mid-Summer Sun.
Gentle Angus R AR Smith Geoff B GB
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20150526 9
<b>A novel material open to warm air</b> stays below ambient temperature under maximum solar intensities of mid-summer. It is found to be 11 °C cooler than a commercial white cool roof nearby. A combination of specially chosen polymers and a silver thin film yields values near 100% for both solar reflectance, and thermal emittance at infrared wavelengths from 7.9 to 13 μm. ...[more]
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