Nondestructive Microwave Radar Finds Moisture Hiding Inside a Building鈥檚 Walls

Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

ORNL buildings researchers, from left Philip Boudreaux, Rui Zhang, Stephen Killough and intern Mercy Sammy, demonstrate how a microwave radar system can detect moisture in a wood panel.

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Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

ORNL researchers set up instruments to direct microwave radar toward a sample of particle board, which represents the first inside layer, or sheathing, of a building鈥檚 envelope. The test proved that this method can nondestructively detect moisture in the earliest stages of development.

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