Interlaboratory comparison of the measurement of retention curves

Journal of Thermal Envelope and Building Science

Volumn 22, Issue ., 1999, Pages 334-348

  Hansen, Morten Hjorslev ^a   Houvenaghel, Geert ^b   Janz, Mårten ^c   Krus, Martin ^d   Strømdahl, Kenneth ^e  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING PHYSICS   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

APPARENT DENSITY; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; MOISTURE TRANSFER; OPEN POROSITY; RETENTION CURVES; SOLID DENSITY;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

EID: 0033116620     PISSN: 10971963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109719639902200408     Document Type: Article

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