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Topic - Flooring Terms (Glossary) |
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Q: What is Abrasion Resistance? |
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A: Resistance to a form of wear in which a gradual removal of a flooring surface is caused by the frictional action of relatively fine particles. Abrasion resistance generally depends on the toughness of the product or wearlayer, thickness of wearlayer, and existence of surface coatings. |
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Q: What is Abrasion? |
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A: Wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction. |
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Q: What is Acclimation? |
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A: The act of allowing wood moisture content to become at equilibrium with the environment in which it will perform (See EMC, Equilibrium Moisture Content). |
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Q: What is ACI? |
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A: American Concrete Institute - a trade organization of the concrete industry. |
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Q: What is Acid? |
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A: Chemical substance rated below 7 on the pH scale. |
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Q: What is Acoustics? |
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A: The sounds of floor traffic and dropped objects are important when considering types of flooring materials. The cushioning of impacts reduces the generation of airborne sound within the room and the level of sound that can be transmitted to adjacent areas. It also minimizes the transmission of impact-generated, structure-borne noises throughout the building. In multifamily dwellings, the transmission of impact-generated noise is of primary concern. Resilient flooring, in general, "give" under the impact of footsteps, dropped objects and rolling loads. The resilience helps to reduce traffic noise. In comparison with other hard-surfaced flooring (wood, marble, ceramic, concrete, metal), resilient floors are low noise producers. |
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Q: What is Acrylic Resin? |
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A: A synthetic resin usually white in color that dries transparent and is resistant to discoloration, moisture, alcohol, acids, alkalis and mineral oils. It is usually made by polymerization of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid. |
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Q: What is Adhesion? |
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A: The property that causes one material to stick to another. Adhesion is affected by the condition of the surface to be coated and by the closeness of contact, as well as by the molecular forces of the unlike substances. Thus, the surface should allow a certain amount of penetration, should be chemically clean and not too smooth, hard or nonporous for good adhesion. |
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Q: What is Adhesive Bleeding? |
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A: Undesired migration of materials in the adhesive to the surface of the floor between tile joints. |
