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2. Cork (material) - Wikipedia

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   Harvesting of cork from the forests of Algeria, 1930. Cork is a natural material used by humans for over 5,000 years. It is a material whose applications have been known since antiquity, especially in floating devices and as stopper for beverages, mainly wine, whose market, from the early twentieth century, had a massive expansion, particularly due to the development of several cork-based ...

3. Cork board - Wikipedia

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4. Cork thermal insulation - Wikipedia

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   The findings clearly demonstrated that moisture absorption during the rainy season is confined to the surface layers and has no effect on the cork's thermal insulation performance. Other research has focused on cork-based composites. The insulation used in the studies by Cherki et al. [12] and Monir et al., [13] is a cork-gypsum composite ...

5. Building insulation - Wikipedia

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   Mineral wool insulation A semi-detached house with one half of the facade in the original state and the other half after insulation with polystyrene Old brick houses in Sosnowiec, Poland, insulated with polystyrene A single-family house in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, during the implementation of thermal insulation A historic building in Kuźnia Raciborska, Poland, during the implementation of ...

6. Scrim and sarking - Wikipedia

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   Scrim and sarking visible on a wall being renovated in Dunedin, New Zealand. Sarking (boards) are nailed to the beams of the house, and them scrim (loose-weave material) is stapled or nailed over it. Scrim and sarking is a method of interior construction widely used in Australia and New Zealand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

7. Wall Hangings (exhibition) - Wikipedia

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   The 19 December 1968 Press release by the Museum of Modern Art for the exhibition Wall Hangings states: "During the last 10 years, developments in weaving have caused us to revise our concepts of this craft and view the work within the context of twenty-first century art. The weavers from eight countries represented in this exhibition are not ...