Table 1. Sound absorption coefficients and NRC of peanut shells

Height Sound absorption coefficient @ frequency NRC
250 Hz 500 Hz 1,000 Hz 2,000 Hz
30 mm 0.039 0.069 0.172 0.638 0.230
(0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.002) (0.001)
60 mm 0.079 0.190 0.604 0.859 0.433
(0.002) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001)
90 mm 0.172 0.609 0.500 0.849 0.533
(0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.002) (0.001)
Parentheses are standard deviation.
NRC: noise reduction coefficient.