This paper is structured as follows: firstly, the corn cob particleboard
is briefly put into context and the corn cob particleboard
sample preparation used is emphasized; secondly, some specific
aspects related to the impact sound insulation tests performed in
this research work are indicated, which include a detailed description
of the adopted facility, the identification of the main equipments
used and the description of the setup. A necessary
adopted experimental procedure simplification is also indicated
in this section; thirdly, the obtained experimental results are presented
and discussed. The impact sound insulation gain of using
the corn cob panel is numerically quantified. A comparative analysis
between this panel and the most commonly applied sound
insulation products in the building industry in Portugal, in terms
of impact sound insulation gain, is also done in this section; finally,
the main conclusions of this research work are drawn.