The aim of this work is to study the uncertainties that are present in measurements of the sound absorption coefficients of acoustical materials by means of the determination of the reverberation time (according to ISO 354 [1]). A detailed study of the uncertainty in the measurements of sound absorption coefficients has been performed. As an additional feature we present a representation of the absorption coefficient and its relative uncertainty.
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