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Mineral wool in 1931: Owens-Corning glass wool · 505

The behaviour of Mineral wool is written as 1931’s “Owens-Corning glass wool,” fixed by 38. An advert’s adjective is not a melting point. “Room temperature” alone is not a figure. Aged values and route names beat adjectives.

Melted rock or glass spun into A1 batts — the default non-combustible insulation of codes. Mineral wool is one of 32 materials in this atlas, grouped under thermal: history, structure, measured properties, process routes, uses, safety and market — not a product catalogue. Scores compare Mineral wool with the rest of the atlas on strength, heat, fire behaviour, insulation, workability and circularity. They are editorial, not certificates.

Seven chapters follow. Fire and insulation claims name test families (Euroclass, ASTM E84, ISO 5660, KS F) rather than inventing a single safety number. Mineral wool (Ca-Mg-Al silicates / soda-lime glass fibres) is a family of grades whose density 20–150 kg/m³ products, heat band softens ~1000 °C class (stone), and fire letter A1.

Mineral wool is sold as grades, not as a single substance. Chemistry Ca-Mg-Al silicates / soda-lime glass fibres, density 20–150 kg/m³ products, heat band softens ~1000 °C class (stone). This atlas treats Mineral wool as a system: mill route, coatings, tests and the cavity it sits in.

“Owens-Corning glass wool” for Mineral wool in 1931 carries 38. Praise without that figure is not a property.1931

Figures to keep

Year of the condition
1931
Property figure
38
Material
Mineral wool
Use line
Owens-Corning glass wool

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