Re: [ATM] new type of floating cell

["Arjan te Marvelde" <arjan.te.marvelde@hetnet.nl>]

> > As an alternative you can use a floor polishing pad, which consists of
> > millions of tiny plastic fibers, which are all little springs. The pad
will
> > breathe better than foam.
>
> Not really.  Notice that some of our favorite insulators (thermal) are
> composed of millions of tiny fibers.

Firstly these insulators have very thin, non-elastic and dense fibers.
Secondly, they are usually enclosed to prevent airflow.

The floor polishing pads have much thicker fibers, more like a scotch-brite
scouring sponge. You can blow air through it quite easily.

   Arjan

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