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Forty year of vapor barriers

Hutcheon, N. B.
1989
Water Vapor Transmission Through Building Materials and System: Mechanisms and Measurement, ASTM STP 1039, H. R. Trechsel and M. Bomberg, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Phila-delphia, pp. 5-7
water vapor transmission, testing, vapor barriers

Hutcheon, N. B., (1989), "Forty year of vapor barriers", Water Vapor Transmission Through Building Materials and System: Mechanisms and Measurement, ASTM STP 1039, H. R. Trechsel and M. Bomberg, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Phila-delphia, pp. 5-7.
Abstract:
This paper covers the history and use of vapor barriers in insulated buildings from the work of F. B. Rowley to the present state of the art. heat, air, and water movement through buildings and condensation problems are also discussed.

Appears in Trechsel, H. R. and Bomberg, M., (Eds), 1996, Water vapor transmission through building materials and system: mechanisms and measurement
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