rock wool in English

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1
inorganic material made into matted fiber used especially for insulation or soundproofing.
You can compensate for this stacking effect and achieve the desired total R-value by adding about one extra inch of insulation if the old insulation is fiber glass, or about ½ inch if the old insulation is rock wool or cellulose.
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1. Rock wool and mineral wool insulating material with inhibiting additives

2. Rock Wool Fake Coals for Gas Fireplaces Embers Glowing for Use with Gas Fireplace Logs

3. The remaining 2 plants used slag as an additive to rock wool in some short-term experiments.

4. Mineral wool, glass wool, stone wool, rock wool, slag wool and fiber glass for thermal or acoustic insulation

5. 6806 | Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of Chapter 69: |

6. Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of Chapter 69

7. Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of Chapter 69:

8. Another subject of the present invention is the products thus obtained, in particular veils, mats, felts or woven materials which are coated or impregnated and thermal and/or acoustic insulating materials based on mineral wool, in particular glass wool or rock wool, and the process for the manufacture thereof.

9. Concentrations of airborne fibres determined by T.E.M. in the living areas of homes in the Netherlands during insulation with blown glass or rock wool were 50 × 10-3 to 400 × 10-3 fibres/cm3; levels of respirable fibres determined by phase contrast optical microscopy were 5 × 10-3 to 25 × 10-3 fibres/cm3, with peaks up to 65 × 10-3 fibres/cm3 (van der Wal et al., 1987).