Mineral wool insulation product
AssigneePittsburgh Corning Corporation
InventorHarold Lloyd Weaver
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Abstract
A mineral wool insulation product containing a major portion of mineral wool fibers, a conventional binder, and predetermined quantities of an admixture of selected colloidal mineral clays to provide an insulation product having extremely low quantities of free silica and excellent physical properties. The colloidal clay admixture comprises selected quantities of kaolinite clays and bentonite clays.
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A mineral wool insulation product comprising mineral wool fibers, a binder and an admixture of colloidal clays in an amount of about 10-25 per cent by weight of said product, said admixture of colloidal clays comprising kaolinite clay and bentonite clay, said mineral wool insulation product having a density of between 7 and 20 pounds per cubic foot and a free silica content of less tha 1.0 per cent by weight.
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