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REQUIREMENTS OF AN INSULATION 173<br />

particles, which produces a finished material of maximum<br />

compactness in relati<strong>on</strong> to weight and insulating value.<br />

This compactness is an essential quality of pure <strong>cork</strong>board,<br />

a quality not possessed in proporti<strong>on</strong>ate degree by other insu-<br />

lating materials. In fibrous materials, or materials not of<br />

cellular structure, the insulating value is dependent <strong>on</strong> air<br />

spaces, which are not independent of each other. The air<br />

c<strong>on</strong>tent is merely entrapped between closely matted or inter-<br />

laced fibres, such interstices or voids being c<strong>on</strong>nected <strong>on</strong>e<br />

with another ; and when moisture c<strong>on</strong>tacts with such materials<br />

[G. 49.—PURE CORKBOARD INSULATION IN MODERN FIBRE CARTON<br />

CONTAINING 12 BOARD FEET.<br />

is readily communicated, not al<strong>on</strong>e by capillarity but also<br />

iby gravity, from <strong>on</strong>e air space to another.<br />

The inherent ruggedness and toughness of <strong>cork</strong> bark is<br />

<strong>on</strong>e of its outstanding and well-known qualities; and after it<br />

has been properly processed into sheets of pure <strong>cork</strong>board, the<br />

resultant product is sufficiently str<strong>on</strong>g to permit of its being<br />

transported, handled and used as readily as lumber, its<br />

strength in compressi<strong>on</strong> being sufficient to take care of loads<br />

many times greater than ordinarily encountered. The remark-<br />

able strength of such an excellent n<strong>on</strong>c<strong>on</strong>ducting material is<br />

simply another of the very important reas<strong>on</strong>s for its universal<br />

use for all cold storage purposes.

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