An automated dynamic water vapor permeation test method

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1273, Issue , 1997, Pages 93-107

  Gibson, Phillip W ^a   Kendrick, Cyrus E ^a   Rivin, Donald ^a   Charmchi, Majid ^b  

^a Natick   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Laminates; Mass transfer; Permeation; Semipermeable membranes; Test methods; Textiles; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042426257     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp19896s     Document Type: Article

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