The effect of cyclic moisture and temperature on mould growth onwood compared to steady state conditions

Building and Environment

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-184

  Johansson, Pernilla ^a   Bok, Gunilla ^a   Ekstrand Tobin, Annika ^a  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fungi; Moisture; Mould; Relative humidity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; LABORATORY STUDIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; TIME-PERIODS; VARIABLE CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FUNGI; MOISTURE; STRESSES;

MOLDS;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; MOISTURE FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84877792493     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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