fine spun glass massed into a wool-like bulk, used in insulation, filtering, etc
glass wool in American English
fine fibers of glass intertwined in a woolly mass, used in filters and as insulation
glass wool in American English
noun
spun glass similar to wool, used for insulation, filters, etc
Word origin
[1875–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Diaspora, authoritarian, fan-tan, musical chairs, overdraft
Examples of 'glass wool' in a sentence
glass wool
Parasite average yield from glass wool columns and promastigote viability were estimated by light microscopy.
Regina Coeli Cunha Dórea, Carlos Gomes Barboza-Filho, Dayson Friaça Moreira, MirianGuirro, Ágtha de Alencar Muniz Chaves, Ricardo José Dunder, Elaine Amorim Soares,Vitório Santos-Júnior, Wilma Spinosa 2003, 'Behavior of Leishmania major metacyclic promastigotes during the course of infectionand immune response development in resistant versus susceptible hosts Comportamentode promastigoteas metacíclicos de Leishmania major durante o curso da infecção e daresposta imune em hospedeiros resistentes versus suscetíveis', Brazilian Journal of Microbiologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822003000500006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The equipment developed comprises, basically, gutters of aluminum with termic liner of glass wool and transparent plastic cover.
Raquel Ghini, Wagner Bettiol, Geraldo Armond, Carlos Augusto da Silva Braga, MarioM. Inomoto 1992, 'Desinfestação de substratos com a utilização de coletor solar Utilization of solarcollector for treatment of plant growth substrates', Bragantiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87051992000100012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The values of flexural strength decrease with the increase of weight fraction of glass wool fiber after 8% wt.
Ismail Ibrahim Marhoon, Aseel Kais Rasheed 2015, 'Mechanical and Physical Properties of Glass Wool-Rigid Polyurethane Foam Composites', مجلة النهرين للعلوم الهندسيةhttps://nahje.com/index.php/main/article/view/155. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There are accepted models from the scientific community about mineral wool, glass wool, rock wool, foam or polyester fibre.
Ramis, J., Alba, J., del Rey, R., Escuder, E., Sanchís, V. J. 2010, 'New absorbent material acoustic based on kenaf's fibre', Materiales de Construccionhttp://materconstrucc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/materconstrucc/article/view/429/477. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two other mineral and plant fibrous insulation materials, (glass wool and hemp wool) are also characterized for comparative purposes.
Jeandel G., Monod B., Lassue S., Joulin A., Tilioua A., Libessart L. 2012, 'Determination of physical properties of fibrous thermal insulation', EPJ Web of Conferenceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123302009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)