Measurements of the Rate of Gas Diffusion in Rigid Cellular Plastics Journal Articles

abstract

• This paper describes a method for measuring gas diffusion through cellular plastics A specimen is placed in a chamber, which is then scaled and pressur ized with the test gas. The pressure increase causes some gas to enter the specicmen, and this entry results in a reduction of the chamber pressure By following the change in chamber pressure with time an appropriate transport characteristic for the material is determined An application of this method to a core specimen of an extruded polystyrene board is presented.

authors

• Schwartz, NV
• Bomberg, Mark
• Kumaran, MK

status

• published 

publication date

• July 1989

has subject area

• 1202 Building (FoR)
• Building & Construction (Science Metrix)

published in

• Journal of Thermal Envelope and Building Science  Journal

keywords

• 33 Built Environment and Design
• 3302 Building

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/109719638901300106

start page

• 48

end page

• 61

volume

• 13

issue

• 1