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what makes wool so warm
(I assume the answer is sciency so thats why this forum)
Replies: 10 — Last Post April 24, 2007 9:57pm by Scui
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Most materials, if I touch them, they feel cooler than my body, even good warm clothes need a while touching my body to warm up before they are warm feeling.

But wool, the instant I touch it, warmth, and even quite thin wollen things, much warmer than you'd expect...

Why is wool so warm?

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google it...

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Quote: from capuchin at 12:07 am on April 20, 2007
google it...
tried

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Wool has lots of air pockets in it
Air is one of the best insulators
Or something like that

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well the lanolin in it makes it pretty resistant to the elements

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Quote: from AfroKris at 4:15 pm on April 19, 2007
Wool has lots of air pockets in it
Air is one of the best insulators
Or something like that

Thats not far off:

Wool's scaling and crimp make it easier to spin and felt the fleece. They help the individual fibres attach to each other so that they stay together. Because of the crimp, wool fabrics have a greater bulk than other textiles and retain air, which causes the product to retain heat. Insulation also works both ways; bedouins and tuaregs use wool clothes to keep the heat out.

Or is that too general?

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I guess they pretty much covered this one. ^^^

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Wool warm???
Does it make Cotton cool???

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It keeps the haet inside. Very bad conductor.

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Wool is an insulator. It traps heat.

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