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POUVOIR ABSORPTION ACOUSTIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

... the fractional amount of sound energy absorbed by a surface ...

CONT

Acoustic plaster and similar materials are of a porous nature specially manufactured to have a large absorbing power, and used for the acoustic correction of an existing hall or in the design of a new one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Acoustique (Physique)
CONT

Le pouvoir d'absorption des matériaux. - Il est défini, à une fréquence donnée, par le produit de la surface du matériau considéré par son coefficient d'absorption à cette fréquence : il s'exprime donc en unités de surface et dans la littérature française il est généralement exprimé en mètres carrés; par contre, dans la littérature anglo-saxonne, il est toujours exprimé en «sabines» [...]

Spanish

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