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  2. Clothing insulation - Wikipedia

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    Clothing insulation is the thermal insulation provided by clothing. [1] [2] Even if the main role of clothing is to protect from the cold, protective clothing also exists to protect from heat, such as for metallurgical workers or firemen. As regards thermal comfort, only the first case is considered.

  3. Ceramic foam - Wikipedia

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    The organic foam impregnating method is one of the more widely used in industry, creating the ceramic foam with a 3D mesh skeleton structure and coat a ceramic slurry on a polyurethane organic foam mesh body. The ceramic foam is obtained by allowing the body to dry at room temperature and burn the mesh body to retrieve the ceramic foam.

  4. List of polyurethane applications - Wikipedia

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    Industrial Insulation. Rigid polyurethane foam is used in various industries to provide thermal insulation to installations and pipes. In particular, the piping for district heating systems in Europe is primarily insulated using a pre-insulated pipes sandwich assembly composed of a steel heat service pipe, an insulating layer (polyurethane foam) and a polyethylene (PE) casing, which are bonded ...

  5. Mineral wool - Wikipedia

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    High-temperature mineral wool is a type of mineral wool created for use as high-temperature insulation and generally defined as being resistant to temperatures above 1,000 °C. This type of insulation is usually used in industrial furnaces and foundries.

  6. Thermal insulation - Wikipedia

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    Thermal insulation is the reduction of heat transfer (i.e., the transfer of thermal energy between objects of differing temperature) between objects in thermal contact or in range of radiative influence. Thermal insulation can be achieved with specially engineered methods or processes, as well as with suitable object shapes and materials.

  7. Jordan Chiles to Publish Memoir in 2025 Detailing Her ... - AOL

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    Olympian Jordan Chiles will publish her debut book next year. The gold medalist, 23, announced, exclusively with PEOPLE, that she will publish her new memoir I’m That Girl in spring 2025 through ...

  8. Beta cloth - Wikipedia

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    Beta cloth is a type of fireproof PTFE impregnated silica fiber cloth used in the manufacture of Apollo/Skylab A7L space suits, the Apollo Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment, the McDivitt Purse, [1] and in other specialized applications. Beta cloth consists of fine woven silica fiber, similar to glass fiber. The resulting fabric does not burn, and ...

  9. Bill Clinton Reveals the Name His Grandkids Call Him — and ...

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    Bill Clinton is one proud grandpa!. On Monday, Nov. 25, the former President of the United States, 78, appeared on an episode of Live with Kelly and Mark and spoke about how he and the former ...