Definition of Glass wool

1. Noun. Glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool.


Definition of Glass wool

1. Noun. An insulating material, made from fiberglass, arranged into a texture similar to wool. ¹

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Literary usage of Glass wool

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1. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for ...edited by Peter M. Eller edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"A silylated plug of glass wool is at each end of the tube. Pressure drop across the tube at 0.2 L/min airflow must be less than 3.2 kPa. ..."

2. American Druggist (1885)
"The simplest and most convenient filtering apparatus is a small glass funnel into the neck of which a loose pledget of glass wool has been inserted, ..."

3. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Outlet., -Asbestos Glass "Wool Apparatus for determining solids and liquid mist in wet gases. FIG. 229. Filter for gases. The funnel is packed first with a ..."

4. The British Journal of Photographyby Liverpool Photographic Society by Liverpool Photographic Society (1874)
"glass wool." THE photographic world is much like other worlds just now—in one aspect of it, at least. Photographers may be тегу busy ; but they have, ..."

5. Debris Impact On Emergency Coolant Recirculation: Workshop Proceedings by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"In general, mineral wool in available in densities that are at least twice those of comparable fibrous glass wool insulations. Granular insulation materials ..."

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