Moisture buffering capacities of five North American building materials

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-40

  Wu, Yang ^a   Fazio, Paul ^a   Kumaran, Mavinkal K ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building material; Hygrothermal material property; Moisture buffering capacity; North American

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR; BUILDINGS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

HYGROTHERMAL MATERIAL PROPERTY; MOISTURE BUFFERING CAPACITY;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

BUILDINGS MATERIALS; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; HYGROTHERMAL; HYGROTHERMAL MATERIAL PROPERTY; HYGROTHERMAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE BUFFERING CAPACITY; MOISTURE-BUFFERING; NORTH AMERICAN; WATER ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY;

BUILDINGS; MOISTURE; NORTH AMERICA; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY;

EID: 36249007252     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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