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FOIL-BACKED PLASTERBOARD [1 record]

Record 1 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Man-Made Construction Materials
  • Interior Covering Materials
  • Thermal Insulation
DEF

Gypsum plaster board with an aluminium foil bonded to its rear surface. This provides the board with increased thermal insulation properties (if associated with an air space) and increased resistance to water-vapour permeation.

Key term(s)
  • insulating gypsum board

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction artificiels
  • Revêtements intérieurs
  • Isolation thermique
OBS

Le Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse, 1982, vol. 8, page 8175, mentionne que «placoplâtre» est un nom déposé. Par contre, le Grand Robert de la langue française, 1985, vol. 7, p. 444, ne fait pas cette distinction.

OBS

placoplâtre : Plâtre coulé entre deux feuilles de carton.

Spanish

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