APPENDIX ASound Absorption Coefficients for General Building Materials and Furnishings

 

Complete tables of coefficients of the various materials that normally constitute the interior finish of rooms can be found in the various books on architectural acoustics. The following list of materials gives approximate values, which will be useful in making simple calculations of the reverberation in rooms.

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