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Material — Archived internal concrete fixture evidence record unreferenced

albedo0.37
emissivity0.92
thermal_conductivity0.93
specific_heat1500
materialsunreferenced

Parameters

Names follow the SUEWS YAML specification; click one for its definition in the configuration reference.

albedo0.37
emissivity0.92
thermal_conductivity0.93
specific_heat1500
density1400

Provenance evidence

Awaiting sign-off

Assumed · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-08-24. Agent assessment is evidence preparation, not human verification.

Urban Storage Heat Flux Variability Explored Using Satellite, Meteorological and Geodata.Later compilation

Where: Pre-migration Spartacus Material row 36243786

Names the row Concrete [sample run], stores 0.37, 0.92, 0.93, 1500 and 1400, and carries Ref 90240057. This proves configuration lineage, not a publication claim for the tuple.

Urban Storage Heat Flux Variability Explored Using Satellite, Meteorological and Geodata.Validation

Where: Table 2, ESTM surface material properties, p. 274, 275

Publishes internal concrete k = 0.93 W m-1 K-1 and volumetric heat capacity 1.50 MJ m-3 K-1 across the building classes. It does not publish the fixture's optical values or a density and specific-heat decomposition.

Central London [sample run]Related record

The retained construction selects this material for roof layer two and wall layers two and three.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Archived internal concrete fixture identifies the retained release/migration artifact without presenting it as a physical concrete material published by Lindberg et al. The legacy ID and origin path preserve its earlier sample-run identity.
issue #250
Targetsupported
The row stores optical and thermal material properties and is selected in three construction layers, matching the material target.
Valuessupported
The exact five-value tuple is supported only as the preserved legacy fixture row. Lindberg Table 2 supports conductivity 0.93 and volumetric heat capacity 1.50 MJ m-3 K-1 for internal concrete, but it does not publish albedo 0.37, emissivity 0.92, density 1400 or the stored specific-heat/density split; that split instead gives 2.10 MJ m-3 K-1 and is not presented as a literature-derived physical material.
Sourcesupported
Unreferenced is correct because no publication states or derives the exact five-value tuple. source_legacy_ref 90240057 preserves the migrated Lindberg registry link without exporting it as the parameter source.
issue #250
Placenot applicable
The legacy material row is a generic configuration fixture and makes no observation-place claim.
Representativenessnot applicable
The fixture makes no site, city or regional evidence-reach claim.
Methodsupported
Assumed distinguishes retention of the exact configuration row from a measured, fitted, calculated or verbatim literature material.
issue #250
Identitysupported
Legacy ID 36243786 is a distinct material-registry row and remains selected in three layers of the retained Central London sample configuration. The archived identity preserves those stable references while making its non-physical catalogue role explicit.

Scientific note

This record remains in the catalogue solely as an archived internal configuration fixture. Its exact legacy values and stable path are retained so the Central London sample construction continues to resolve, but the tuple is not presented as a physical concrete material published by Lindberg et al. Table 2 reports conductivity 0.93 with volumetric heat capacity 1.50 MJ m-3 K-1; the stored specific_heat 1500 and density 1400 instead multiply to 2.10 MJ m-3 K-1, while albedo and emissivity are absent from that table. Source unreferenced, method assumed and the archived display name make the boundary explicit without guessing replacement values.

Model-ready fragment

Paste under material in a SUEWS YAML configuration; every value carries its citation.

albedo:
  value: 0.37
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: null
emissivity:
  value: 0.92
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: null
thermal_conductivity:
  value: 0.93
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: null
specific_heat:
  value: 1500
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: null
density:
  value: 1400
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: null

Evidence review

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Review procedure

Record metadata

Sourceunreferenced — no citation was recorded in the legacy database; treat with care
Targetmaterial
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 36243786

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