What is pink insulation?

Glass fiber insulation is used in homes and other buildings to block sound and heat transfer. It is almost always pink. This insulation is artificially colored to be recognizable for consumers. Pink coloring dates back to the invention of modern glass fiber insulation by Owens-Corning Company in 1938. Owens-Corning color its insulation significantly for marketing purposes, and pink insulation was so well known that most of the glass fibers are now pink. Compared to other forms of insulation, such as cellulose, also compared to other forms of insulation. While pink insulation settles very easily or not at all, depending on the type, never loses its insulating force. Cellulose, on the other hand, settles to a much higher extent, sometimes up to 25%. This causes to lose a large amount of its ability to isolate.

Fire safety is another parameter in which pink insulation will beat the competition. Because it is made of small glass fibers, nehoIt eats. Cellulose insulation often consists of newspapers that have been distributed or shredded. In order to protect against the apparent danger of fire, this material is treated by slowing the fire to make it safer.

While pink isolation is very effective, there are certain measures that need to be brought or otherwise taken into contact with it. The fibers are very small, which means that the imsulation particles can easily become air, causing eye, nose and neck irritation. Some people are more sensitive to these effects than others, but do not represent an allergic reaction. For some time it has been assumed that the exposure to these fibers may be carcinogenic, but the studies during and the leading until the beginning of 2000 could not confirm the risk of cancer from pink insulation. The asbestos of organic fibers was consistently associated with health risks than from glass fibers.

glass that forms a raw material for pinkInsulation, is made of silica oxide, compounds consisting of silicon and oxygen atoms. He has no real melting point, but is softer, the more he warms. For the production of insulation, the glass is heated until it is possible to extruded into the fibers of a very small diameter. In response to environmental concerns, insulation manufacturers are increasingly recycling glass and repeatedly use old glass as a raw material.