The higher the rating the greater the degree of noise reduction.
Stc concrete block wall.
Stc ratings for masonry cmu walls is based on weight of the block and whether the cells are filled or not and what material it is filled with.
Typical wall construction with 1 layer of 16mm 5 8 plasterboard on each side of 95x35mm 4 x 11 2 timber studs.
These tests have indicated a direct relationship between wall weight and the resulting stc heavier concrete masonry walls have higher stc ratings.
8 concrete block hollow core painted 2 coats 2 sides.
Sound transmission class stc provides an estimate of the acoustic performance of a wall in certain common airborne sound insulation applications the stc of a wall is determined by comparing sound transmission loss stl values at various frequencies to a standard contour stl is the decrease or attenuation in sound energy in db.
Standard stud wall with one layer of 16mm 5 8 plasterboard.
Many sound transmission loss tests have been per formed on various concrete masonry walls.
8 concrete block hollow core no wall finish.
A wall floor or roof.
Within a dwelling an internal wall with a stc rating of 45 will usually muffle television telephone ringing and conversation in an adjoining room.
8 concrete block wall painted with 1 2 drywall on independent steel stud walls each side insulation in cavities stc prediction edit there are several commercially available software which predict the stc ratings of partitions using a combination of theoretical models and empirically derived lab data.
Determining sound transmission class stc for concrete masonry.
Stc ratings are determined by laboratory tests of a.