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2. Vapor barrier - Wikipedia

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   A vapor barrier is not typically intended to retard the migration of air. This is the function of air barriers. [8] Air is mixed with water vapor. When air moves from location to location due to an air pressure difference, the vapor moves with it. This is a type of migration of water vapor. In the strictest sense air barriers are also vapor ...

3. Visqueen - Wikipedia

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   Visqueen is used as a condensation barrier inside walls when installing HVAC systems. It is also used as a ground cover in the crawl space of home foundations as a vapor barrier . [ 3 ] The use of Visqueen underneath a basement is to prevent water infiltration from water present in the ground that would pass through the concrete or dirt floor ...

4. Moisture vapor transmission rate - Wikipedia

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   Moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR), also water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), is a measure of the passage of water vapor through a substance. It is a measure of the permeability for vapor barriers. There are many industries where moisture control is critical.

5. Polyethylene - Wikipedia

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   Polyethylene was first synthesized by the German chemist Hans von Pechmann, who prepared it by accident in 1898 while investigating diazomethane. [12] [a] [13] [b] When his colleagues Eugen Bamberger and Friedrich Tschirner characterized the white, waxy substance that he had created, they recognized that it contained long −CH 2 − chains and termed it polymethylene.

6. Air barrier - Wikipedia

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   Air barriers control air leakage into and out of the building envelope.Air barrier products may take several forms: Mechanically-attached membranes, also known as housewraps, usually a polyethylene-fiber or spun-bonded polyolefin, such as Tyvek is a generally accepted moisture barrier and an air barrier (ASTM E2178).

7. Plastic film - Wikipedia

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   Film strip (photographic film) 6 mil polyethylene plastic sheet as vapor barrier in construction Confectionery packaging made of PLA-blend bio-flex bioplastic Shrink-wrapped OH-58 Kiowa helicopters to be shipped. Plastic film is a thin continuous polymeric material. Thicker plastic material is often called a "sheet".