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mineral wool [′min·rəl ¦wu̇l]

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A fibrous substance, technically a glass, made from molten slag, rock, glass, or a selected combination of these ingredients; produced by blowing, drawing, or other means of fabricating into fine fibers; used for insulation, fireproofing, and as a filter medium. Also known as mineral cotton; rock wool; silicate cotton; slag wool.

mineral wool

A wool-like material of fine inorganic fibers such as asbestos or those made from molten rock, slag, or glass; used as loose fill or formed into blanket, batt, block, board, or slab shapes for thermal and acoustical insulation; also used as reinforcement for other materials such as insulating cements and gypsum wallboard.

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mineral wool (redirected from Stone wool)

mineral wool
(redirected from Stone wool)