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Classification for Rating Sound Insulation
STANDARD published on 1.4.2004
Designation standards: ASTM E413-04
Note: WITHDRAWN
Publication date standards: 1.4.2004
SKU: NS-46715
The number of pages: 4
Approximate weight : 12 g (0.03 lbs)
Country: American technical standard
Category: Technical standards ASTM
Keywords:
architectural acoustics, building design, ceiling attenuation class (CAC), field sound transmission class (FSTC), noise isolation class (NIC), normalized noise isolation class (NNIC), partitions (buildings), sound insulation rating, sound transmission class (STC)
Significance and Use | ||||||||||||||
These single-number ratings correlate in a general way with subjective impressions of sound transmission for speech, radio, television, and similar sources of noise in offices and buildings. This classification method is not appropriate for sound sources with spectra significantly different from those sources listed above. Such sources include machinery, industrial processes, bowling allies, power transformers, musical instruments, many music systems, and transportation noises such as motor vehicles, aircraft and trains. For these sources, accurate assessment of sound transmission requires a detailed analysis in frequency bands. A single-number sound transmission rating for building fagade elements is given in Classification E 1332. The single-number ratings obtained can be used to compare the potential sound insulation of partitions or floors tested in laboratory conditions (STC) or the actual sound isolation between different suites in buildings (NNIC, NIC). The rating for a partition built and tested in a building may be lower than that obtained for a partition tested in a laboratory because of flanking transmission or construction errors. Note 1—A similar rating procedure, described in ISO 717, provides single figure sound insulation ratings with a frequency range that extends from 100 to 3150 Hz with no maximum deficiency specified at individual frequencies. For most partitions, the two ratings differ by only one or two points. |
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1. Scope | ||||||||||||||
1.1 This classification covers methods of calculating single-number acoustical ratings for laboratory and field measurements of sound attenuation obtained in one-third octave bands. 1.2 The name given to the single-number rating is assigned by the test method that invokes this classification. 1.3 Test methods that invoke this classification include: 1.3.1 Test Method E 90The single-number rating is called sound transmission class (STC). 1.3.2 Test Method E 336Single-number ratings are field sound transmission class (FSTC), noise isolation class (NIC), and normalized noise isolation class (NNIC). 1.3.3 Test Method E 596The single-number rating is called noise isolation class (NIC). 1.3.4 Test Method E 1414The single-number rating is called ceiling attenuation class (CAC). |
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