RADON INFILTRATION BUILDING ENVELOPE TEST SYSTEM: EVALUATION OF BARRIER MATERIALS
| Autor: | Yunyi Ethan Li, Jeff Whyte, Gang Nong, Janet Gaskin, Gnanamurugan Ganapathy, Liang Grace Zhou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Canada
Radiation Test facility Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Petroleum engineering Construction Materials Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health chemistry.chemical_element System evaluation Radon General Medicine Infiltration (HVAC) respiratory tract diseases Radon diffusion chemistry Air Pollutants Radioactive Building code Air Pollution Indoor Housing Environmental science Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Air barrier Building envelope |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 196:17-25 |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 0144-8420 |
| Popis: | The performance of radon barrier materials currently available for housing foundations was evaluated using a unique radon infiltration building envelope test system that was designed to test radon prevention and mitigation systems using real world construction techniques. The reduction in radon concentration measured across the air barrier in the foundations has been used to evaluate five representative barrier materials installed in the radon infiltration building envelope test facility. The reduction in radon concentration in the mock house varied from 68% for 6 mil polyethylene to 98% for the spray polyurethane foam. The five representative barrier materials were selected after determining the radon diffusion coefficient and the corresponding radon resistance from samples of 14 barrier materials in a radon diffusion testing chamber. The Canadian experience evaluating whether radon barrier materials would satisfy building code requirements was described. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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