courtesy of Surface Measurement Systems

The moisture sorption capacity for building materials such as cement, wood, insulation material, and fibers has significant implications
on a building’s lifespan, as well as having a big effect on indoor air quality and air-conditioning loads.

  

Dynamic Vapor Sorption can be used to measure the sorption capacity for these materials, including water, and other vapors of
interest such as VOC’s and pesticides. The following application note gives an overview of the use of DVS to measure the uptake of water in cement, wood, and insulation materials.

Notes:

DVS Application Note 104: Vapour Sorption Properties of Building Materials using Gravimetric Sorption Instrumentation – an overview | Request a copy