Noise Reduction Coefficients (NRC) for Common Building Materials: Material Brick, painted Brick, unpainted Carpet, indoor-outdoor

Carpet, heavy on concrete Carpet, heavy on foam rubber Concrete (smooth), painted Concrete (smooth), unpainted Concrete (block), painted Concrete (block), unpainted Cork, floor tiles (3/4" thick) Cork, wall tiles (1" thick) Drapery, light weight (10oz.) Drapery, medium weight (14oz.), velour draped to half Drapery, heavy weight (18oz.), velour draped to half Fabric on Gypsum Fiberglass, 3-1/2" batt Fiberglass, 1" Semi-rigid Glass Gypsum Linoleum on Concrete Marble Plaster Plywood Polyurethane Foam (1" thick, open cell, reticulated) Rubber on Concrete Seating (occupied) Seating (unoccupied), metal Seating (unoccupied), wood Seating (unoccupied), fabric upholstered Seating (unoccupied), leather upholstered "Soundboard" (1/2" thick) Sprayed Cellulose Fibers (1" thick on concrete) Steel Terrazzo Wood NRC .00 - .02 .00 - .05 .15 - .20 .20 - .30 .30 - .55 .00 - .05 .00 - .20 .05 .05 - .35 .10 - .15 .30 - .70 .05 - .15 .55 .60 .05 .90 - .95 .50 - .75 .05 - .10 .05 .00 - .05 .00 .05 .10 - .15 .30 .05 .80 - .85 .30 .30 .60 .50 .20 .50 - .75 .00 - .10 .00 .05 - .15