Psiber Data Systems RF3D manual Appendix B The Wall and Floor Library

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Appendix B The Wall and Floor Library

List of wall & floor materials measurement unit: feet

Floor /	Att. 2.4	Att. 5	Thick-
	GHz	GHz	ness
Wall	[dB]	[dB]	[in]

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Wall	16,0	24,0	8	8“ Concrete Block w/	1	1	144	Concrete block, when reinforced with concrete columns
				Steel 16/24dB				and tie beams, is a very common building material for
								the load-bearing walls of buildings, in what is termed CBS
								construction for Concrete Block Structure.
Wall	22,0	33,0	12	12“ Concrete Block w/	2	2	146	Concrete block, when reinforced with concrete columns
				Steel 22/33dB				and tie beams, is a very common building material for
								the load-bearing walls of buildings, in what is termed CBS
								construction for Concrete Block Structure.
Wall	7,0	18,0	6	6“ Brick 7/18dB	3	3	142	Brick wall
Wall	10,0	25,0	10	10“ Brick 10/25dB	4		83	Brick wall
Wall	13,0	32,5	20	20“ Brick 13/32.5dB	5		39	Brick wall
Wall	17,0	25,5	8	8“ Concrete w/Steel	6	6	102	Steel reinforced concrete wall
				17/25dB
Wall	24,0	36,0	12	12“ Concrete w/Steel	7	7	101	Steel reinforced concrete wall
				24/36dB
Wall	33,0	49,5	16	16“ Concrete w/Steel	8	8	68	Steel reinforced concrete wall
				33/50dB
Wall	2,0	3,0	8	8“ Light-Weight Con-	9		61	Light-weight concrete wall
				crete w/Steel 2/3dB
Wall	0,8	0,8	N/A	5“ Drywall (2 sides)	10	10	97	Drywall, also commonly known as gypsum board, plaster-
				Over Framing .8/0.8dB				board. A drywall panel is made of a paper liner wrapped
								around an inner core made primarily from gypsum plaster.
Wall	0,8	0,8	N/A	7“ Drywall (2 sides)	11	11	92	Drywall, also commonly known as gypsum board, plaster-
				Over Framing .8/0.8dB				board. A drywall panel is made of a paper liner wrapped
								around an inner core made primarily from gypsum plaster.
Wall	1,5	1,5	N/A	4“ Plywood (1	12		80	One layer Plywood wall
				side) Over Framing
				1.5/1.5dB
Wall	3,0	3,0	N/A	4.5“ Plywood (2 sides)	13		53	Two layer Plywood wall
				Over Framing 3/3dB
Wall	15,0	15,0	1	1“ Stucco Over 2x4	14	14	95	Modern Stucco usually consists of 1 layer of wire lath and
				Wood or Steel 15/15dB				2 layers of portland cement-based plaster
Wall	3,0	4,5	1	Window-1“ Dual	15		91	Glass window
				Glazed 3/4.5dB
Wall	28,0	42,0	1	Window-1“ IR-blocking	16		69	Infrared blocking window
				28/42dB
Wall	2,0	3,0		2“-4“ Office divider	17		127	Office divider
				glass/wood 2/3dB
Wall	1,0	1,5	2	2“ Office cubical	18		128	Office divider
				1/1.5dB
Wall	1,5	2,3	36	Shelf/Rack 3‘	19		56	Shelf/rack
				1.5/2.25dB
Wall	3,0	4,5	72	Shelf/Rack 6‘ 3/4.5dB	20		125	Shelf/rack
Wall	4,0	6,0	96	Shelf/Rack 8‘ 4/6dB	21		126	Shelf/rack
Wall	30,0	45,0		Wall or Ceiling-Corru-	22		62	Metal wall sheeting in the form of Corrugated galvanized
				gated Steel 30/45dB				iron
Wall	30,0	45,0		Elevator shaft 30/45dB	23	23	35	Elevator shaft
Floor	17,0	25,5	8	8“ Concrete w/Steel	100	100	102	Steel reinforced concrete floors
				17/25.5dB
Floor	18,0	27,0	8	8“ Concrete/Steel w/	101	101	152	Steel reinforced concrete floors with nonmetallic dropped
				Nonmetallic Drop Ceil-				ceiling
				ing 18/27dB
Floor	27,0	40,0	8	8“ Concrete/Steel w/	102		82	Steel reinforced concrete floors with metallic dropped
				Metallic Drop Ceiling				ceiling
				27/40dB
Floor	20,0	30,0	10	10“ Concrete w/Steel	103	103	101	Steel reinforced concrete floors
				20/30dB
Floor	21,0	31,5	10	10“ Concrete/Steel w/	104	104	156	Steel reinforced concrete floors with nonmetallic dropped
				Nonmetallic Drop Ceil-				ceiling
				ing 21/31dB

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