Interlaboratory Comparison of Hygric Properties of Porous Building Materials

Journal of Thermal Envelope and Building Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-325

  Roels, Staf ^a   Carmeliet, Jan ^a   Hens, Hugo ^a   Adan, Olaf ^b   Brocken, Harold ^b   Cerny, Robert ^c   Pavlik, Zbysek ^c   Hall, Christopher ^d   Kumaran, Kumar ^e   Pel, Leo ^f   Plagge, Rudolf ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^f EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^g DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free water uptake experiment; Hygric properties; Interlaboratory comparison; Round robin; Vapour diffusion test

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONDENSATION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; POLYSTYRENES; POROUS MATERIALS;

FREE WATER UPTAKE EXPERIMENT; HYGRIC PROPERTIES; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; ROUND ROBIN; VAPOR DIFFUSION TEST;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 2342505761     PISSN: 10971963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097196304042119     Document Type: Article

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