MINERAL WOOL (ROCKWOOL ROCKBOARD)

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES

 Rockwool Rockboard is an amazing insulation board product ideally suited for improving the
acoustic insulation of homes and buildings.

 NRC: 0.8-1.1 depending on thickness

 Sizes: 24” x 48” x 2”-4” thick
 Density: 8 lb/ft^3

 Mineral wool is a natural material, and you can even earn LEED points for its installation. It’s
rigid, easy to cut to shape, and is moisture and fire resistant up to 2150°F.
 Another use of Rockwool is to make our own acoustic panels and bass traps. All we have to
do is build a wood frame, fit the Rockwool boards, and cover it with a nice fabric.
 Rockwool Safe’N’Sound is a great alternative to Rockboard is a high-performance
soundproofing insulation material, ideal for soundproofing walls and ceilings. It’s soft and
flexible, making it easy to tightly stuff the batts into standard stud wall cavities .

LIGHT ABSORBING PROPERTIES

 The interior of the wool fibre, called the cortex, is made up of long tapering cells that overlap
and are surrounded by the cell membrane complex (CMC). The CMC runs throughout the
fibre and is made up of proteins and waxy lipids. The molecules in this part of the fibre have
fairly weak intermolecular bonds, so it allows light to pass through.
 It is not a good light absorbing material.
WOOD

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES

 Wood is a light material, so as such its sound insulation performance is not particularly good.
Neither does a thick, dense-surfaced and smooth wooden structure dampen sound particularly
well, so wood alone is not a good absorption material.
 Wood conducts sound better in the longitudinal direction of the grain than perpendicular to it.
A dense wooden structure reflects sound, and can easily be made into surfaces that channel
sound reflections. This property is utilised, for example, in musical instruments and concert
halls.
 A sufficient level of sound insulation in wooden buildings can usually be achieved
structurally by using multi-layered constructions. By positioning porous absorption material
behind the board or panelling in addition to an air gap, for example a layer of thermal
insulation, a so-called board resonator is formed which, when it vibrates, effectively dampens
low sounds that are problematic for light structures.
 Furthermore, by making wooden battening or by making holes in wooden surfaces, a
perforated resonator can be created that also efficiently dampens medium-to-high-pitched
sounds.
 In multi-storey wooden buildings, the means of controlling sound insulation (separate frames,
sound stops) are challenging, because they are contrary to how structural rigidity is achieved
(reinforcement, joints, continuous structures). The footstep insulation of wooden floors can be
improved by increasing the mass of the floor, for example using a concrete cast on the surface
or so-called floating surface tiles on top of a flexible layer on the upper surface of the floor

LIGHT ABSORPTION PROPERTIES

 Light is absorbed in wood and converted into energy. In all cases, absorption depends on the
electromagnetic frequency of the light being transmitted (For example, the colour) and the
nature of the atoms of the object.

 The absorption of light is related to the frequency very closely. If they are complimentary,
light will be absorbed. If they are not complimentary, then the light will be transmitted or
reflected most cases, these processes occur at the same time. Since light is usually transmitted
at various frequencies. (For example, the "natural light" which is made from Sun is also
composed of lights of various frequencies; around 400~800nm EM radiation). So, most of
objects will selectively absorb the light and also transmitting or reflecting some of the light. If
absorption happened, heat energy will be generated.