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Re: fiberglass secondary (fwd)
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Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 20:26:01 -0700
From: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: fiberglass secondary (fwd)
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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: fiberglass secondary (fwd)
> Date: Sunday, May 03, 1998 6:47 PM
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> Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 19:29:42 -0500
> From: RODERICK MAXWELL <tank-at-magnolia-dot-net>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: fiberglass secondary (fwd)
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> Thank you for your reply. I thought that it was made of some type
> of plastic fibre?
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Nope. Fiberglass is glass fibers in a polyester or epoxy resin matrix. To a
point, the less resin and the more glass, the stronger it is. However, all
the fibers have to be wetted, which is hard to do with a very "dry" layup.