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Author
Woolley, H. W.
Title
Moisture Condensation in Building Walls.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Report
BMS 63, December 14, 1940, 16 p.
Keywords
walls | condensation reactions | moisture | humidity | residential buildings | construction materials
Abstract
Moisture condensation in insulated walls will occur under certain conditions. This paper discusses these conditions in a general way and makes available to architects, builders, and others, information cconcerning factors which control humidity in walls. These factors are presented so as to make possible estimates of the probability of moisture condensation in walls of dwellings if the factors governing it such as design, structural materials, construction details, and moisture conditions inside and outside the building, are known.