Slag wool

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005850

A porous, grayish-yellow mineral wool that is obtained by melting and spinning the slags or fused agglomerate by-products typically removed from blast furnaces.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-AGR-005850
Field	Agriculture and food
Subject	Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
Synonyms	slagwool
References	NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See also	Synthetic fibers; Slags; Rockwool
Translations	Spanish: lana de escoria

Record as JSON

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005850",
  "term": "Slag wool",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A porous, grayish-yellow mineral wool that is obtained by melting and spinning the slags or fused agglomerate by-products typically removed from blast furnaces.",
  "synonyms": [
    "slagwool"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "synthetic fibers",
    "slags",
    "rockwool"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "lana de escoria"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/slag-wool/"
}

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