The Safety Aquarium Glass
Data
Standard thickness (mm) |
Visible light Trn (%) |
Visible light Ref (%) Out/In |
Solar radiation Trn (%) |
Solar radiation Ref (%) Out/In |
Solar radiation Abs (%) |
5mm |
89.3 |
7.8 |
80.6 |
7.1 |
12.3 |
6mm |
88.8 |
7.8 |
78.6 |
7.0 |
14.4 |
10mm |
86.7 |
7.6 |
71.3 |
6.5 |
22.2 |
12mm |
85.7 |
7.5 |
68.0 |
6.3 |
25.7 |
15mm |
84.3 |
7.4 |
63.6 |
6.1 |
30.3 |
19mm |
82.4 |
7.3 |
58.3 |
5.9 |
35.8 |
Standard thickness (mm) |
U-Value Summer W/m2-K |
U-Value Summer Btu/ft2-h-F |
U-Value Summer W/m2-K |
U-Value Summer Btu/ft2-h-F |
5mm |
5.82 |
1.03 |
6.22 |
1.09 |
6mm |
5.81 |
1.02 |
6.17 |
1.09 |
10mm |
5.77 |
1.02 |
6.00 |
1.06 |
12mm |
5.73 |
1.01 |
5.92 |
1.04 |
15mm |
5.67 |
1.00 |
5.80 |
1.02 |
19mm |
5.59 |
0.98 |
5.65 |
0.99 |
Standard thickness (mm) |
SC |
Relative heat gain W/m2 |
Relative heat gain Btu/ft2-h |
5mm |
0.96 |
660 |
209 |
6mm |
0.95 |
649 |
206 |
10mm |
0.89 |
610 |
193 |
12mm |
0.86 |
592 |
188 |
15mm |
0.82 |
567 |
180 |
19mm |
0.77 |
537 |
170 |
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