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Acknowledgements

This paper would not have existed had it not been for the encouragement and advice from a number of friends and colleagues. First drafts received thoughtful comments from Dr. Ken Hover (Cornell University) and from Dr. Kumar Natesaiyer (U.S. Gypsum) who also brought the work of Pleau and Pigeon to my attention. I also received encouragement from Dr. Edward Garboczi (NIST) who made me aware of the paper by Lu and Torquato. The author wishes to acknowledge the support from the High Performance Construction Materials Program of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory.