1 The Role of Adsorption and Phase Change Phenomena in the Thermophysical Characterization of Moist Porous Materials 1 F. Scarpa 2,3 and G. Milano 2 _________________ 1 Paper published in the International Journal of Thermophysics, Vol. 23, No. 4, July 2002 (© 2002). doi: 10.1023/A:1016338019265 2 DIME - Università di Genova, Via All'Opera Pia 15 A, I-16145 Genova, Italy. 3 To whom correspondence should be addressed. accepted manuscript