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EXPANDED CORK [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cork
  • Natural Construction Materials
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
OBS

by heating cork up to 300 ° C its cells expand and a kind of dry distillation takes place. Different chemical reactions cause the cells or particles to stick together. This mass is pressed into plates hydraulically.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liège
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
CONT

Le liège [...] se présente [...] sous diverses formes : liège naturel en feuilles, granulés collés à des feutres asphaltés, liège compressé, liège expansé, liège aggloméré [...] Généralement, le liège n'est utilisé que pour l'isolement de machines lourdes [...], ainsi que pour celui de certains planchers.

Spanish

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