Why glass wool is a good insulator?
Glass wool has a lot of feature which should make it desirable as a heat insulator.
It is light, is proof against fire and dampness, chemicals, rodents, etc., will stand high temperatures, will not decay or deteriorate with use and has low specific heat.
Which is better glass wool or rockwool?
Where thermal performance is the primary requirement of the insulation material, then glass mineral wool offers a much more versatile and cost effective range at lower weights.
Glass wool can achieve best lambda values of 0.31 as oppose to 0.35 for Rockwool, more than 10% more thermally efficient.
Is glass wool fire resistant?
Glass wool is rot proof , Fire Safety: Glass wool is non-combustible in accordance with BS 476 incombustible, extremely low spread of flame, non emission of dense smoke and toxic gases, on depletion of oxygen (high oxygen index 70%
Does glass wool cause cancer?
The low risk of 6 in a million per year of a worker blowing glass wool is consistent with the fact that no one has found any of cancer attributable to the manufacture or installation of glass wool fibers in spite of diligent searches.
This is compared with several other occupational risks
What is glass wool made of?
Glasswool is primarily made from recycled glass. The glass is melted in a furnace then sent to a spinner to create fibres.
The glasswool fibres create millions of tiny air pockets which trap th