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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. Knob-and-tube wiring - Wikipedia

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   Its cloth and rubber insulation can dry out and turn brittle. [10] It may also be damaged by rodents and careless activities such as hanging objects from wiring running in accessible areas like basements or attics. Currently, the United States National Electrical Code forbids the use of loose, blown-in, or expanding foam insulation over K&T ...

5. List of insulation materials - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of insulation materials used around the world. Typical R-values are given for various materials and structures as approximations based on the average of available figures and are sorted by lowest value. R-value at 1 m gives R-values normalised to a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) thickness and sorts by median value of the range.

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7. 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.