"Rick" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:34:40 +0100, "Mike" wrote:


"Biff" wrote in message
m...
Is it independently tested? If not then give it a miss. A lot of
money
for
bubble wrap.

But Tri Iso Super 9 made by a French company called Actis is not
bubble wrap. If you study it from the point of view of a theoretical
physisist you may conclude the manufacturer's claims are likely to be
correct.

$ Theorectical Physicist mode on
If the main transfer mode of the heat being lost is radiant then the
stuff
works very well. But if the main loss mode is through convection it
won't.

In a vacuum the first is true and I would imagine some satellites are
insulated with something like this.




But my house is not in a vacum ...........

Then hopefully it is insulated with Kingspan or Celotex :-)