Comparing moisture meter readings with measured equilibrium moisture content of gypsum board

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 222-229

  Greenwell, Dale J ^a   Menetrez, Marc Y ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gypsum wallboard; Moisture content; Moisture meter; Mold; Remediation; Water activity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; ASTM INTERNATIONAL (CO); EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENT (EMC); GYPSUM BOARDS; GYPSUM WALLBOARDS; METER READINGS; MOISTURE CONTENT (MC); MOISTURE DETECTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; %MOISTURE; CONTENT LEVEL; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; GYPSUM BOARD; REFERENCE STANDARD; WATER ACTIVITY;

BUILDING MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; GYPSUM; INSTRUMENTS; METRIC SYSTEM; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; STANDARDS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); MOISTURE CONTROL;

MOISTURE; MOISTURE METERS;

EID: 45749149241     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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