Glass Fiber from the Padding of an Office Partition
This is a glass fiber from the padding of an office
partition. The core panel has a high resin content and the resin
often has a high mineral filler content. The padding is a loose glass fiber blanket
with little resin. The pad breaths under the cloth coating of
the partition so it tends to collect small particles than can pass through the cloth
filter.
Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light Illumination
Definition/Function:
A common structure for a cubicle divider consists of a metal frame supporting a resin
stiffened glass fiber
panel. The glass fiber panel is then covered with a thin loose glass fiber blanket and
an outer layer of
cloth. Glass fiber from the cubicle divider is heavily coated with heavily filled yellow
or orange phenolic
resin. The deterioration of the glass fiber panel is typically due to the panel's use as
a pincushion or to
other forms of mechanical damage.
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