Influence of finishing coatings on hygroscopic moisture buffering in building elements

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2590-2597

  Ramos, N M M ^a   Delgado, J M P Q ^a   De Freitas, V P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Building materials; Moisture buffer value; Sorption isotherms; Vapour permeability

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; COATINGS; ISOTHERMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FINISHING SOLUTIONS; HYGROSCOPIC MOISTURE; INTERIOR SURFACES; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MOISTURE BUFFER VALUES; SORPTION ISOTHERMS;

MOISTURE;

EID: 78049239889     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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