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Wool

Wool is the fiber obtained from mainly sheep as well as other certain animals. Wool is made to make clothing, often socks and sweaters.

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What is a rough strand of wool called?

A strand of wool could be a length of yarn.

Is cashmere wool a sustainable material?

Cashmere wool is produced by goats and is a renewable resource. We can always get more as it grows on goats. But it is not sustainable. Goats have a devastating impact on the environment, eating vegetation right down to its roots and killing the plant, and their hard hooves tear up the topsoil. China produces a lot of cashmere but the cashmere region is beginning to look like the dust bowls of the US in the 1930s. As the goat's feed dies away, and the topsoil blows away, there may be no arable land left for anything.

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What is the chemical formula of wool?

There's none. Wool came from sheep!

Wool belongs to a group of proteins (chemicals!) known as keratins. Unlike cotton and the majority of synthetic fibres, wool does not have a homogenous structure. Wool fibres have highly complex physical and chemical compositions.

What are the aesthetic properties of wool?

Excellent insulating qualities, water-resistant/wicking (natural oils from the sheep), long lasting (animal protein fiber).

What is the softest wool in the world?

My individual experience is not exhaustive, but the softest wool I've held in my hands comes from baby yaks.

Merino wool has a reputation for being softer that most wool baby llama, baby alpaca and other baby animal fleeces may be the source for the softest wool.

What is bad about wool?

1. it is 90% wool, and 10% semen.

2. Recursively, that 90% is also 90% wool and 10% semen.

3. It itches

4. It makes your skin all red and scratchy

5. It can't fly.

How is a wool sweater made?

have a look at knittinghelp.com to learn to knit and join ravelry.com for help and patterns

What happens when rub an ebonite with a wool cloth?

The ebonite rod will gather a static electric charge, as electrons are transferred.

What is harvesting wool?

The term harvest implies that a resource -- in this case fleece -- has been removed from its source, which in this case is probably an animal that grows fleece.

Is wool organic?

Yes, probably by repurposing.

Where is wool in New Zealand?

New Zealand is the second largest producer and exporter of wool in the world. This country exports a little over 150 million pounds of wool each year.

How do you describe wool?

Soft, fluffy, whatever you think of when you hear "cotton wool".

Can you recycle wool?

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Would the tight packing of more insulation such as glass wool in an enclosed space increase or decrease the insulation value?

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Contrary to the logic expressed in the first answer, packing more tightly, glass wool would insulate slightly better, According to Izi, (sales person at Golmat ltd.). Doubling the thickness of glass wool insulation will double the insulating ratio, while doubling the density will increase the insulation ratio by about 15%.

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most likely decrease. most insulation materials are based on trapping air which is a great insulator, by compressing them you would be pussing the air out and reducing insulation value.

How much wool was sheared after the National Wool Act of 1954 was enacted?

In 1955 the amount of wool sheared was 283 million pounds compared to 89 million pounds in 1988.

What does wool feel and look like?

wool feels like soft white stuff. and it looks like well wool

What happens to wool on a high heat?

If one was to boil a wool jacket it would more than likely shrink to quite a small size. It can be pulled back in to shape by stretching the material whilst wet.

What is cotted wool?

wool that has become tangled, matted or felted together on the sheep's back