Water Vapor Adsorption in Porous Building Materials: Experimental Measurement and Theoretical Analysis

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 939-954

  Pavlík, Zbyšek ^a   Žumár, Jaromír ^a   Medved, Igor ^a,b   Černý, Robert ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Constantine the Philosopher University ^*  (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Experimental measurements; Porous building materials; Theoretical adsorption isotherms; Water vapor adsorption

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; POROUS BUILDING MATERIAL; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SEMI-EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; THEORETICAL FORMULA; WATER SORPTION; WATER VAPOR ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; DEWATERING; GAS ADSORPTION; SORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

ADSORPTION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POROUS MEDIUM; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR;

DAPHNE VIRUS S;

EID: 84856010641     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9884-9     Document Type: Article

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