A simple gravimetric method for determining the moisture diffusivity of building materials

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-228

  Drchalová, Jaroslava ^a   Černý, Robert ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Building materials; Gravimetric method; Moisture diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 0037399982     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(02)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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