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What does permeance mean?

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Noun
  1. A measure of the degree to which a material allows a fluid to permeate it.
  2. (physics) The reciprocal of reluctance in a magnetic circuit; the analogue of conductance in an electrical circuit.
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The best way to accomplish this is by selecting below-slab moisture protection of extremely low permeance.
Where a single product provides all these functions, there is no risk of trapping moisture between two functional barriers with low water vapour permeance.
One board was a low air and vapour permeance material while the other was a high air and vapour permeance material.
Temperature is the predominant physical factor influencing the permeance of a barrier.
Water vapor permeance is a measure of how quickly water vapor is transmitted through a material and can be determined according to the ASTM E96 Standard Test Method for Water Vapor Transmission of Materials.
While the permeance of membranes is typically constant for ideal gases, this behavior changes for non-ideal gases and vapors.

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