Gas-Filled Panels

[peritus]

I was watching a History Channel show on insulation.. Looks like these might be useful in our studio world as well... Or maybe someone is already doing something useful with them... Who knows.. They're cool.. Check 'em out..

http://gfp.lbl.gov/

 

[peritus]

I wonder if they could manufacture one in the shape of a corner bass trap, ship it deflated and let us go to Lowe's to get it inflated.. lol...

 

[OhSh1rt]

Watched it too, wondering about the foam/concrete/foam thing for new studio construction..


-jeffrey

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

While filling a need for THERMAL insulation, these are useless for sound isolation.
Unless you change the laws of physics, MASS-AIR-MASS assemblys are still the best choice for TRANSMISSION LOSS properties.

 

[peritus]

While filling a need for THERMAL insulation, these are useless for sound isolation.
Unless you change the laws of physics, MASS-AIR-MASS assemblys are still the best choice for TRANSMISSION LOSS properties.

Understood... Thanks

 

[OhSh1rt]

While filling a need for THERMAL insulation, these are useless for sound isolation.
Unless you change the laws of physics, MASS-AIR-MASS assemblys are still the best choice for TRANSMISSION LOSS properties.

But they are filled with a gass, what gass? Who knows. IMHO Looks like its easy to apply and such, but we really can't say fully untill there are numbers.


-jeffrey

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

But they are filled with a gass,

So what? Air is a gas too, which is why they call a wall stud cavity an "air" gap. But unless a gas is hermetically sealed between two leaves of "mass", sound will propagate quite easily in most gases sealed within thin membranes. Thats why double pane glass panels filled with argon are NOT useful for studio windows. But my disclaimer is is full force here. Rod, is this not true?

 

[OhSh1rt]

So what? Air is a gas too, which is why they call a wall stud cavity an "air" gap. But unless a gas is hermetically sealed between two leaves of "mass", sound will propagate quite easily in most gases sealed within thin membranes. Thats why double pane glass panels filled with argon are NOT useful for studio windows. But my disclaimer is is full force here. Rod, is this not true?

Thats true, and I mean by saying that it's a gas, that well, like air its a gass, I'll give you that it may not be good, but untill there are some numbers there can't be an exact proven yes or no to it, right? But yeah, it probbly sucks and I shouldn't be talking.


-jeffrey

 

[Dani Pace]

I saw that program too. It was the room with all the insulation wedges that caught my attention, I wouldn't mind having a room like that. Too bad they didn't say what sort of wall was behind all the wedges.