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Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as goats, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool. Wool has several qualities that distinguish it from hair or fur: it is crimped; it has a different texture or handle; it is elastic; and it grows in... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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cashmere, length, descriptions, Angora, others, White, seed, applications and wool.

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Textile Acrylic is a fibre used to imitate wools, including cashmere, and is often used in replacement of them.

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Staple (wool) Wool Types - Lists characteristics of various sheep breeds, including staple lengths and descriptions.

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Staple (wool) Wool Types - Lists characteristics of various sheep breeds, including staple lengths and descriptions.

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Sheep Research Center (Mannavanur) Several Varieties of sheep and rabbits have been bred for wool and meat including the Angora, Chinchilla, White giant and others.

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Sheep Research Center (Mannavanur) Several Varieties of sheep and rabbits have been bred for wool and meat including the Angora, Chinchilla, White giant and others.

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Sheep Research Center (Mannavanur) Several Varieties of sheep and rabbits have been bred for wool and meat including the Angora, Chinchilla, White giant and others.

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Wool alien The term wool alien is used for any plant species whose occurrence at a particular site is due to its having been transported there as a result of the making of wool products, the most common process being that the seed of this plant will have become attached to a sheep or other wool-producing animal, the animal shorn and the raw wool transported to a mill where it is refined, and the impurities discarded, including the seed, which then successfully germinates.

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Mineral wool Industrial applications of mineral wool include is thermal insulation and filtration.

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Mineral wool In contrast, the more commonly used vitreous fiber wools including insulation glass wool, rock (stone) wool and slag wool are considered not classifiable as to carcinogenicity to humans (Group 3).

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waste, bale, grease, heybe, clothes, bags, process and commodities.

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Wool classing Weaker wools produce more waste in carding and spinning.

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Wool classing A shedhand, known as a wool presser, places the wool into approved wool packs in a wool press to produce a bale of wool that must meet regulations concerning its fastenings, length, weight and branding if it is to be sold at auction in Australasia.

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Lanolin The wool from one Merino sheep will produce about 250-300 ml of recoverable wool grease.

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Giresun Province Wool, linen threads and similar raw marerials are spun in hand looms to produce various local clothes, heybe (shoulder bags) and bags.

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Giresun Province Wool, linen threads and similar raw marerials are spun in hand looms to produce various local clothes, heybe (shoulder bags) and bags.

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Giresun Province Wool, linen threads and similar raw marerials are spun in hand looms to produce various local clothes, heybe (shoulder bags) and bags.

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Wool alien The term wool alien is used for any plant species whose occurrence at a particular site is due to its having been transported there as a result of the making of wool products, the most common process being that the seed of this plant will have become attached to a sheep or other wool-producing animal, the animal shorn and the raw wool transported to a mill where it is refined, and the impurities discarded, including the seed, which then successfully germinates.

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Sutton Grange, Victoria The major commodities currently produced in Sutton Grange are Wool, Wine and Dairy products.

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oil, binder, a lot, records, starch, lanolin and asbestos.

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Roman military personal equipment Both were made from wool, which insulated and also contained natural oil to repel water.

Mineral wool Mineral wool may contain a binder, often food grade starch, and an oil to reduce dusting.

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Mineral wool Mineral wool may contain a binder, often food grade starch, and an oil to reduce dusting.

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Carding If the wool contains a lot of vegetable matter, that will fall out during the carding process, which is the reason for a drop cloth.

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Santo André (Santiago do Cacém) According to the obtained information there was, in the Church, a "very thick book and very old with a cover of sheep wool", that certainly must have contained records of baptisms, deaths and marriages, as well as other important documents referring to the life of the locals.

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Mineral wool Mineral wool may contain a binder, often food grade starch, and an oil to reduce dusting.

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Aran sweater They were originally made with unwashed wool that still contained natural sheep lanolin, making it to an extent water-repellent.

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Building insulation materials Older mineral wool can contain asbestos, but normally this is in trace amounts.

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    Wool

    Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as goats, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool.
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    Wool (disambiguation)

    Wool is the fibre commonly produced from sheep Wool (the fiber) refers to one of the following:
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    Wool (band)

    Wool were a rock band from Washington, D.C. (but based in Los Angeles), specialising in a rough-hewn but melodic brand of punk-based hard rock from 1990-1996. ... The brothers then teamed up with former Government Issue and future Burning Airlines drummer Peter Moffett and Seattle native and ex-Concrete Blonde bassist Al Bloch (brother of Seattle Sub-Pop legend Kurt Bloch from the Fastbacks).
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    Wool bale

    A wool bale is a standard sized nylon wool pack of wool compressed by the mechanical means of a wool press.
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    Wool classing

    Wool classing is an occupation in which people are trained to produce uniform, predictable, low risk lines of wool. This is carried out by examining the characteristics of the wool in its raw state.
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    Wool insulation

    Wool insulation is made from sheep wool that is mechanically bonded together to form insulating batts and ropes. Batts are commonly used in timber-frame buildings and ropes are primarily used between the logs in log homes.
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    Cashmere wool

    In the US, the town of Uxbridge was an incubator for the cashmere wool industry.
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    Steel wool

    Steel wool should not be used on oak, as traces of iron remaining afterwards may react with tannins in the wood to produce blue or black iron stain.
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    Mineral wool

    The high natural pH of mineral wool makes them initially unsuitable to plant growth and requires "conditioning" to produce a wool with an appropriate, stable pH.
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    Angora wool

    Alpaca · Angora · Camel hair · Cashmere · Catgut · Chiengora · Llama · Mohair · Silk · Sinew · Spider silk · Wool

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