What uses does fiberglass have? When it was first discovered how to create fiberglass, it was used for commercial insulation.� The reason fiberglass can insulate is because there is more air than glass in the actual fiberglass and the air does all of the insulating.� This also enables fiberglass to float because the air that is caught in the molecular structure causes it to be less dense than water.� "Fiberglass insulation has a number of important qualities.� It resists the flow of heat, keeping the hot air out of the house in summer and keeping the warm air inside during the cold winter months...it also helps reduce the transmission of noise between rooms."� (Fitzpatrick, Sept. 2001, quote and above picture www.americanchemistry.com/chemmag.nsf/WebMagazineArticle?ReadForm&mfpk...)� Gradually many other uses were found for fiberglass.� For example some fire blankets are composed of 100% fiberglass as it is non-combustible.� It is useful for sports equipment as well.� "A fiberglass stick can be significantly lighter than the same sized wooden stick because the fiberglass stick is hollow...The hollow stick therefore can be accelerated faster and presumably slap the puck faster much like a fiberglass shaft driver in golf because there is more "head" speed at the pint of contact."� (Cull, Feb 2001, http://128.252.223.112/posts/archives/feb2001/981398500.Sh.r.html) Other uses for fiberglass are: -Pickup truck cabs (www.gaylordslids.com/Showroom/Models/Toyota/61009.htm.) -Reinforcing plastic materials in sports cars, boats, and bathroom fixtures -Stoves -Refrigerators -Furnaces -Manufactore of certain textile products (window drapes) -RVs -Pools (http://www.waterworldpools.com/poolpics.htm) -Window frames that are resistant to warping, shrinking, and rotting and can be painted (they are however very expensive) HOME |
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