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| '''Wood wool''' is the name of a product from wood, wood fibers, scrapped from wood logs | |||
| <ref></ref><ref></ref>. Mainly in north America, this product is known by the name '''Excelsior''' or "Excelsior wood" or "wood Excelsior", even thought its US commodity code is named "Wood wool (excelsior)"<ref></ref>. | |||
| ==Applications== | |||
| Wood wool or excelsior has several applications in packaging, cushioning, stuffing of stuffed animals, for the cooling pads in home ] systems known as ]s.<ref>{{cite journal | journal = Popular Science | title = Solar air conditioners – the hotter it gets, the better they work | author = E. F. Lindsley | publisher = Times Mirror Magazines | date = July 1984 | pages = 64–66 | issn = 0161-7370 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=AQROL_5mY5cC&pg=PA66&dq=evaporative+cooler+swamp+excelsior&lr=&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=9SpkSZS_GYLkkwT904XuAg }}</ref> mats for ditch control - erosion control <ref></ref><ref> United States Department of Agriculture</ref> (ECM-Erosion Control Mats) and also for the production of bonded wood wool boards. | |||
| The width of these fibers varies from 1.5 to 20 mm, while their length is usually around 500 mm (depending on the production process). | |||
| When these fibers are bonded with cement or magnesite, bonded wood wool boards are produced. Slabs of bonded wood wool are considered environment friendly construction and insulation materials because they do not contain organic binders. | |||
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