Why does condensation occur within a building?
A) Users leave taps running, baths full, water evaporates and deposits onto room surfaces, making air moist
B) Evaporated water within the building meets surfaces at below dew point temperature
C) Kettles, cooking, fish tanks and open bowls of water evaporate more water vapour into room than ventilation can remove
D) Porous building materials provide pathways for cold moisture to ingress a warm building and make indoor surfaces damp
E) Cyclic variation of indoor surface temperatures always produces below dew point locations
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Q1: Using a Psychrometric chart or a sketch
Q3: What is air, in terms of condensation
Q4: What is the movement of humidity through
Q5: What drives moisture flow through a structure?
A)Percentage
Q6: In the context of condensation in building,
Q7: How can a porous wall or roof
Q8: Which is true?
A)MN s/g m = GN
Q9: Why are thermal and dew point temperature
Q10: Which are the units of moisture mass
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