thermal barrier
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Buried inside the extra-thick walls of these homes are layers of high-density fiberglass insulation flanked by rigid foam boards taped together at the seams to forge a thermal barrier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2016
More and more kings are moving up the Columbia and arriving in Brewster every day, and that thermal barrier will keep them there.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2012
Continue to keep your fingers crossed that we get a thermal barrier built up at the mouth of the Okanogan.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2012
In the supersonic age, Kindelberger and other planemakers face a new challenge to tax their ingenuity: the thermal barrier.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the current issue of Skyline magazine, Vice President Ray Rice of North American Aviation, Inc. explains why the thermal barrier can only be pushed ahead, never completely overcome.
From Time Magazine Archive
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