EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE DIFFUSITIVES OF MOISTURE 
IN POROUS MATERIALS IN CAPILLARY AND SORPTION MOISTENING

M. I. Nizovtsev, S. V. Stankus, A. N. Sterlyagov, 
V. I. Terekhov, and R. A. Khairulin

UDC 579.219.3:66.081

Experimental data on the moisture distribution in porous 
materials, obtained with the gamma method in different regimes of 
moistening, have been given. The moisture diffusivity of steam-cured 
aerated concrete in a wide range of humidities of the material has 
been determined.

S. S. Kutateladze Institute of Thermal Physics, Siberian 
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Akad. Lavrent'ev Ave., 
Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 67-73, January-February, 2005. 
Original article submitted September 21, 2004.