10 Facts About Mineral wool

Applications of mineral wool include thermal insulation, filtration, soundproofing, and hydroponic growth medium.

Mineral wool is known as mineral fiber, mineral cotton, mineral fibre, man-made mineral fibre, and man-made vitreous fiber.

Products made from AES Mineral wool are generally used in equipment that continuously operates and in domestic appliances.

Some formulations of AES Mineral wool are bio-soluble, meaning they dissolve in bodily fluids within a few weeks and are quickly cleared from the lungs.

Alumino silicate Mineral wool, known as refractory ceramic fibre, consists of amorphous fibres produced by melting a combination of aluminum oxide and silicon dioxide, usually in a weight ratio 50:50.

Mineral wool fibers are produced in the same way, without binder.

The naturally high pH of mineral wool makes them initially unsuitable to plant growth and requires "conditioning" to produce a wool with an appropriate, stable pH.

High-temperature mineral wool is used primarily for insulation and lining of industrial furnaces and foundries to improve efficiency and safety.

Use of high-temperature mineral wool enables a more lightweight construction of industrial furnaces and other technical equipment as compared to other methods such as fire bricks, due to its high heat resistance capabilities per weight, but has the disadvantage of being more expensive than other methods.

Amorphous high-temperature mineral wool are produced from a molten glass stream which is aerosolized by a jet of high-pressure air or by letting the stream impinge onto spinning wheels.