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BONDED MINERAL WOOL - SPECIFICATION

 

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Q BIS 1993

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002

August 1993 Price Group 3

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Tmhermal Insulation Materials Sectional Committee, CHD 027

FOREWORD
This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by
the Thermal Insulation Materials Sectional Committee had been approved by the Chemical
Division Council.
Bonded mineral wool can be used with a suitable facing material for a temperature range of
-40% to 700°C. Use at lower temperatures has not been covered in this standard as the methods
of test for testing mineral wool products at lower temperatures have not been fully established
yet. Possibility of use at lower temperature is being examined alongwith the application tech-
niques which are equally important.
This standard was originally printed in 1976. In this first revision of the standard, the groupings
on the basis of bulk density have been changed and the requirements of incombustibility and
heat resistance have been modified. The sampling of bonded mineral wool has also been
modified.
The committee responsible for the formulation of this standard is given in Annex D.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with
the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be
rounded off in accordance with IS 2 : 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised )‘.
The number of significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of
the specified value in this standard.
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Indian Standard
BONDEDMINERALWQOL-SPECIFICATION
(First Revision )
1 SCOPE Group Bulk Density Maximum Recommended
kg/m3 Hot Face Temperature
This standard prescribes the requirements and “C
the methods of sampling and test for bonded
mineral wool for thermal insulation. 1 12-50 Up to 250
2 51-80 up to 400
2 REFERENCES
3 81-120 up to 550
The Indian Standards listed below are the 4 121-160 up to 750
necessary adjuncts to this standard:
IS No. Title 4.2.1 For any particular product, the variation
from the manufacturer’s declared value for bulk
1070 : 1992 Reagent grade water ( third density shall not exceed fl5 percent when
revision J tested in accordance with the method prescribed
3069 : 1965 Glossary of terms, symbols in 9 of IS 3144 : 1990 except that nominal/
and units relating to thermal specified-thickness shall be used for calculating
insulation materials the bulk density.
314 : 1990 Methods of test for mineral NOTE -Materials in each group are made in a
wool thermal insulation range of bulk densities and thermal conductivities ;
(first revision ) the required mechanical properties and other aspects
should be considered when selecting the most
3346 : 1980 Methods for the determin- suitable density.
ation of thermal conductivity
of thermal insulation materials 4.3 Recovery After Compression
( two slab, guarded hot-plate
When tested in accordance with the method _
method ) ( jirst revision )
prescribed in Annex A, the recovery, after
3 TERMINOLOGY compression of 75 percent of the original thick-
ness, shall not be less than 90 percent ofthe
For the purpose of this standard, the definitions original thickness.
of terms, symbols and units given in TS 3069 :
1965 shall apply. 4.4 Shot Content
4 REQUIREMENTS The shot content, when sieved through the pre-
scribed sieve, shall not be more than the~values
4.1 Description given below. The method for the determination
The material shall be mineral wool made from of shot content shall be as prescribed in 13 of
rock, slag or glass processed from a molten IS 3144 : 1990. Any shot present in the bonded
state into fibrous form and shall be bonded with mineral wool shall not be greater than 5 mm
a suitable binder. in any dimension:
4.1.1 The slabs are normally supplied unfaced. IS Sieve Shot Content, Percent by
Certain applications may require an applied Mass, Max
finish of cloth, foil, wire netting, glass tissue,
polythene or any other suitable material on one 500 micron -5
or both faces and these may be obtained as 250 micron 1~5
agreed to between the purchaser and the
supplier. 4.5 Moisture Content and Moisture Absorption

4.2 Bulk Density The material, as received, shall not contain

more than 2 percent moisture when determined
The bulk densitv of the materia1, excluding by the method prescribed in 14 of IS 3144 :
facing, shall be within the following ranges and 1990. It shall not gain in mass by more than 2
may be suitable for use up to a particular hot- percent when tested by the method prescribed
face temperature given below: in 15 of IS 3144 : 1990.

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4.6Incombustibility 4.10 Optiona Requirements

The material shall be rated as incombustible If required by the purchaser, the bonded mineral
when it passes the test as prescribed in 16 of wool shall also comply with the optional
IS 3144 : 1990. requirements given in 4.10.1 to 4.10.7.
4.6.1The loss in total mass when determined 4.10.1 Resistance to Micro-organisms
by this test shall not exceed 5 percent.
The bonded mineral wool shall not show any
NOTE -In some cases, as agreed to between the
purchaser and the manufa~cturer, the loss may be mould or bacterial growth when tested by the
higher especially when the resin content is higher. method prescribed in 17 of IS 3144 : 1990.

4.7 Thermal Conductivity 4.10.2 Odour Emission Test

The thermal [Link] or k-value of the There shall be no apparent difference in odour
material shall not exceed the values given below of the butter when compared with the blanks
when determined in accordance with the when tested by the method prescribed in 18 of
method prescribed in 11 of IS 3346 : 1980. IS 3144 : 1990.

Mean Tem- Thermal Conductivity 4.10.3 Resistance to Vibration

perature mW/cm “C!
h-_._----~ The bonded mineral wool shall show not more
r------- than 1 percent height of settlement when tested
“C Group 1 Group 2 Group3 Group 4
by the method prescribed in 22.2 of IS 3144 :
50 o-49 0.43 0.43 0.43 1990.
100 0.69 0.52 0.52 0.52
150 0.95 0.64 0.62 0.62 4.10.4 Resistance to Jolting
200 - 0.78 0.73 0.68 The bonded mineral wool shall show not more
250 - 0.93 0.84 0.80 than 3 percent height of settlement, or as
300 - 1.10 0.95 0.90 agreed to between the purchaser and the
supplier, when tested by the method prescribed
4.8 Sulphur Content in 22.3 of IS 3144 : 1990.
The material, after removal of the facing, if
any, shall not contain more than 0.6 percent of 4.10.5 Heat Resistance
sulphur when determined by the method pre- The material shall not suffer any visible deteri-
scribed in 19 of IS 3114 : 1990. oration of the fibrous structure and shall not
show any evidence of internal self-heating when
4.9 Dimensions heated to the maximum recommended temper-
The bonded mineral wool shall be supplied in ature of use, as specified by the manufacturer
widths of 50,60, 75 and 100 cm and lengths of when tested according to the method prescribed
100, 120 and 140 cm or as agreed to between in 12 of IS 3144 : 1990.
the purchaser and the supplier. The method of NOTE - Any_colour change shall not be considered
determination of these dimensions shall be as as visible deterioration in fibrous structure.
prescribed in 6 of 1s 3144 : 1990. The thickness
of the bonded mineral wool shall be 25, 40, 50, 4.10.6 Alkalinity
65, 75 mm or as agreed to between the purchaser
and the supplier. The method of determining The pH of the solution of the material shall be
the thickness shall be as prescribed in 7 of between 7-O and IO.0 when tested in accordance
3144 : 1990. with the method prescribed in Annex B.

4.9.1 Dimensional Tolerances 4.i0.7 Corrosive Attack

For width and length, the dimensional tolerance The material shall not cause corrosion of the
of the bonded mineral wool slabs shall be - l/2 surface on which it is applied.
percent. For nominal thickness in the range NOTE - Bonded mineral wool may Dossiblv cor,tain
of 25 to 75 mm the tolerance shall be -2 mm. up to approximately 0.01 percent -of chlbride. If
An excess in all dimensions is permitted. How- circumstances can arise in practice such that chloride
ever, the upper tolerauce and the tolerance for concentration can take place on the surface of
nominal thickness outside this range, shall be certain alloy steels, for example austenitic steels,
then there is a serious risk of stress corrosion
as agreed to between the purchaser and the cracking and suitable design safeguards should be
manufacturer. adopted.

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5 PACKING AND MARKING b) Apparent density of the materials;

5.1 Packing c) Length, thickness and width of the
material;
The material shall be packed in polythene-lined d) Details of confining media, if any; and
hessian bags or polythene bags or as agreed to
between the purchaser and the supplier. e) Batch number.
6 SAMPLING
5.2 Marking
The packages shall be legibly and indelibly 6.1 Representative samples of the material shall
marked with with the following information: be drawn and their conformity determined in
accordance with the method prescribed in
a) Indication of the source of manufacture; Annex C.

ANNEX A
( Clause 4.3 )
DETERMINATION OF RECOVERY AFTER COMPRESSION
A-l SAMPLE A-2.2 Remove the load and allow the sample to
A-l.1 use a sample with an edge length of at recover for 5 minutes. Measure the final thick-
least 100 mm or not less than twice the thick- ness, T2, as prescribed in IS 3144 : 1990.
ness of the sample, whichever is greater The
sample is tested at the thickness as supplied or A-3 CALCULATION
at a multiple thereof ( by piling two or more A-3.1 Percentage of original thickness:
pieces ).
A-2 PROCEDURE =T T, x 100
A-2.1 Measure the thickness of the test-samole, 1
T,, as prescribed in IS 3144 : 1990. Apply a where
load evenly distributed over the surface,
sufficient to reduce the thicknes to 75 percent T1 = the original thickness, mm; and
of the original. Leave under load for 5 minutes. T, = the thickness after compression, mm.

ANNEX B
( Clause 4.10.6 )
TFST FOR ALKALINXTY
B-l APPARATUS tely 5 g of bonded mineral wool. Then weigh
B-l.1 pH Meter - 2 g, ,shake well for 10 minutes with 100 ml of
Use a standard laboratory
pH meter. distilled water ( see IS 1070 : 1992 ) at room
temperature. Allow 5 minutes time and then
B-2 PROCEDURE measure the pH of the mixture, using a standard
pH meter. Repeat the test on a further 2 g
B-2.1 From the bulk sample, draw approxima- sample and record the mean pH vaiue.

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ANNEX CT
( Clause 6.1 )
SAMPLING OF BONDED MINERAL WOOL
C-l SAMPLING r is the integral part of N/n ( N being the
lot size and n being the number of slabs to
c-1.1 Lot be selected ). Every rth slab thus counted
shall be withdrawn from the lot to give
All the material of the same density produced
samples for tests.
under essentially the same conditions of manu-
factureshall be grouped and each such group
shall constitute a separate lot. C-3 NUMBER OF TESTS
NOTE - The purchaser and the supplier may C-3.1 From each of the slabs selected according
mutually agree to term the material manufactured
during a certain period as allot. It is recommended to C-2.2, test specimens necessary for carrying
that an I-hour production under essentially same out the various tests specified in this standard
conditions may be termed as a lot. shall be taken, care being exercised to exclude
some amount of wool from the top o-f the slab).
C-2 DETERMINATION OF SAMPLE SIZE
C-2.1 Tests for the conformity to the require- C-3.2 Tests for the determination of all charac-
ments of the specification shall be done on each teristics specified in this standard shall be
lot separately. The materia1 to be selected conducted on each of the test specimens drawn
from a lot shall be in accordance with Table 1. from the slab as obtained under C-3.1.
C-2.2 These sIabs shall be selected at random
C-3.3 Criteria for Conformity
from the lot and to ensure randomness of
selection, random number tables shall be used.
Tn case such a table is not avaiIable, the The lot shall be declared as conforming to the
following procedure may be adopted: requirements of this specification if the different
test results obtained under C-3.2 meet the
Starting from any slab in the lot, count corresponding requirements given in the
them as 1, 2, 3, . . . . up to r and so on, where standard individually.
Tnble 1 Number of Slabs to be Selected for Sampling
( Clause C-2.1 )
Clause No. of Lot Size (NJ-
IS 8183 : 1991 r--~---_‘__--__-__ ---k----.-P ------
up to 200 201 to 300 301 to 500 501 to 800 801 to 1300 1300 & above

(11 (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

No. of Slabs to be Selected (a)
3.2 5 6 7 8 9 10
3.3 +--- One for each density for all lot size --*
3.4 do
3.5 d0

3.6 do
3.7 do
3.8 do
3.9 5 6 7 23 10
3.10.1 <-- - One for each density for all lot size ---
3.10.2 do
3.10.3 do
3.10.4 do
3.105 do
3.10.6 do
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ANNEX D
( Foreword )
COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
Thermal Insulation Materials Sectional Committee, CHD 027
Chairman Representing
PROF B. C. HAYCHAUDHURI Cons&ant, New Delhi

Members
SHRI K.N. AGARWAL Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
SHRI M.P. CHITRE Indian Oil Corporation ( R & P Division ), New Delhi
SHRI SOVNATH( Alternate)
SHRI M. K. CHOURASIA Metallurgical and Engineering Consultants ( India ) Ltd. Ran&i
SHRI A. K. DASGUPTA Steel Authority of India Ltd, Ranchi
SHRI M. S. MUKHOPADHYAY (Alternate 1
SHRI R. N. GANJOO BASF India Ltd, Bombay
SHRI B. JOSHI ( Alternate )
SHRI A. K. GUPTA Hyderabad Industries Ltd, Hyderabad
SHRI AJAY GUPTA U. P. TWIGA Fibreglass Ltd, New Delhi
SHRI S. BANSAL (Alternate )
SHRI G. C. PANDIT Minwool Insulation Ltd, Bombay
SHRI L. N. BADRUKA (Alternate )
SHRI R. P. -PUNJ Punj Sons Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
SHRI J. K. CHOPRA ( Alternate )
SHRI G. R. RAJAGOPALAN Engineers India Ltd, New Delhi
SHRI R. V. RAMACHANDRAN Tata Consulting Engineers, Bombay
SHRI D. PADMANABHA ( Alternate )
REPRESENTATIVE Desein Consultants Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
REPRESENTATIVE Ministry of Energy ( Deptt of Coal ), New Delhi
DR H. C. ROY Projects & Development India Ltd, Sindri
DR S. P. S. KHALSA ( Alternate )
SHRI P. ROY Bakelite Hylam Ltd, Bombay
SHRI B. DUARI ( Alternate )
SHRI R. SACHDEVA Directorate General of Technical Development, New Delhi
SHRI K. V. SINGH ( Alternate )
SHRI R. SANKARAN BHEL, Hyderabad
SHRI S. K. KUNDU ( Alternate )
SHRI S. S. PHOGAT ( Alternate )
SHRI A. SHARIF FGP Ltd, Bombay
SHRI R. SRINIVASAN ( Alternate )
SHRI R. K. SINGHAL NTPC, New Delhi
SHRI JADAV DATTA ( .I!ternafe )
&RI N. SRINIVAS Lloyd Insulations ( India ) Ltd, New Delhi
SHRI C. P. KHANNA ( Alternate )
SHRI NIMISH V. SLJRA Newkem Products Corporation, Bombay
SHRI V. A. SURA ( Alternate )
SHRI T. UDAYAKUMAR PIBCO Limited, New Delhi
SHRI A. K. SEN ( Alternate )
SHRI C. V. VENKATAKRISHNAN Beardsell Ltd, Madras
SHRI V. P. WASON National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
SHRI K. N. BHATNAGAR ( AIternate )
DR R. K. SINGH. Director General, BIS ( Ex-officio Member )
Director ( Chem )

Member Secretary
SHRI SANJAY GUPTA
Assistant Director ( Chem ). BIS

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Fibrous Thermal Insulation. Alrrterials Subcommittee, CHD 027 :02

Convener Representing
SHRI R.P. PIJNJ Punj Sons Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
Members
SHRI C. S. ATHWHYAN BHEL, Hyderabad
SHRI S. K. KUNDU ( Alternate )
SHRI V. S. KANNAN ( Alternate )
SHRI R. K. BHAMBRI Minwool Rock Fibres Ltd, Hyderabad
SHRI VINOD UPADHYAYA( Alternate )
SHRI J. K. CHOPRA Punj Sons Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
SHRI AJAY GUPTA U. P. Twiga Fibreglass Ltd, New Delhi
SHRI S. BANSAL ( dlternate )
SHRI K. V. GURUSWAMY In Personal Capacity ( 52, Prasad Nagar, New Delhi )
SHRI MAHADEo SAIL ( R & D J, Ranchi
SHRI A. K. BHATTACHARYA ( 1Jternate )
SHRI S. PRANNAVASORUBAN Murugappa Morganite Ceramic Fibse L&d, Madras
SHRI N. RAMANATHAN ( Alternate )
SHRI S. S. RAO Directorate of Standardization, Ministry of Defence ( DGQA ),
SHRI K. K. MISHRA( Alternate ) New Delhi
REPRESENTATIVE Lloyd Insulations ( India ) Ltd. New Delhi
SHRI B. ROY Beardsell Limited, Madras
SHRI K. R. S. NAIR ( Alternate )
DR H. C. ROY PDIL, Sindri
SHRI A. SHARIF FGP Ltd, Bombay
SHRI R. SRINIVASAN ( .4lternate )
SHRI R. K. SINGHAL NTPC, New Delhi
SHRI J. DUTTA ( Alternate )
SHRI T. UDAYA KUMAR PfBCO Ltd, New Delhi
SHRI A. K. SEN ( Alternate )

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