Plasterboard 12 mm Round, No MLV

Insulation sweeps keyed on measured airflow resistivity.

Tests

6

Effect of Insulation Flow Resistivity

Rw range

7–25dB

spread 18 dB

Highest Rw

25dB

GW 210 mm R5 (8,500 N·s/m⁴)

Largest ΔRw vs first

+17dB

GW 210 mm R5 (8,500 N·s/m⁴)

Sound reduction index

R′ from the 2270, re-referenced to the 0.9216 m² specimen area (−0.35 dB). Grey lines: reference bounds.

Single-number ratings

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VariesTestRwCCtrΔRw vs firstΔRw vs openMean R
No InsulationProject003
7
00ref.+78.3
GW 210 mm R5 (8,500 N·s/m⁴)Project022
25
−1−4+17+2422.6
GW 100 mm R5 (8,800 N·s/m⁴)Project023
17
−1−2+9+1614.7
GW 175 mm R3.5 (9,500 N·s/m⁴)Project024
19
0−2+12+1916.8
GW 45 mm R2.5 (12,000 N·s/m⁴)Project019
14
0−1+7+1413.0
GW 90 mm R2.5 (15,000 N·s/m⁴)Project020
19
0−2+12+1917.4

Rw, C and Ctr per ISO 717-1 over 100–3150 Hz. ΔRw fits the reference curve to the band-by-band difference curve, which is not the same number as subtracting two separately rounded Rw values. Mean R is the arithmetic mean over the 16 rating bands.