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Smock & Schonthaler
Industrial Insulation Sales, Inc.
2320 Warfel Ave. • Erie, Pennsylvania 16503 • Toll Free: 1-800-734-8771 • Local Phone • (814) 456-4222 • Fax: (814) 456-8346

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Technical/Pricing: eric@theinsulationguy.com Installation: mike@theinsulationguy.com

HELPFUL DIAGRAMS - Absorbers
Use: to reduce noise reflection. To dissipate noise energy.

Physical Properties: Porous fibrous and sometimes covered with protective membranes. Noise enters the absorber and is partly dissipated (abosrbed) within the material. Some is transmitted. Some is reflected. Absorber performance is expressed as a decimal value. A perfect absorber is rated at 1.00. The higher the decimal value the more effective the absorber will be.

Effectiveness is expressed as NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient).

NRC: Percentage of acoustical energy absorbed calculated as an average of laboratory test data at several frequencies.
Noise Reduction Coefficients of Materials
NRC
Brick, unglazed
.05
Concrete block
.05
1/8" pile carpet
.15
5/16" pile carpet and foam
.35
Concrete floor
.00
Plaster, smooth finish
.05
Plywood paneling, 1/4" thick
.10
Water surface (as in swimming pool)
.00
1" thick fiberglass curtain
.70
3" thick "SONEX" wedge foam
.86
4" thick smooth surface foam
.89
4" thick metal panel
.95