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Table 1 Glass fibre chemical compositions expressed as oxide weight percent

From: The effect of a new formaldehyde-free binder on the dissolution rate of glass wool fibre in physiological saline solution

Oxide

Glass A

Glass B

SiO2

65.4

67.9

Al2O3

2.1

1.3

CaO

8.9

7.8

MgO

1.2

2.2

B2O3

6.6

5.5

MnO

0.9

0.8

Na2O

13.2

13.2

K2O

0.9

0.6

Fe2O3

0.4

0.3

total

99.6

99.6