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	Cork (material) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cork material is a subset of generic cork tissue, harvested for commercial use primarily from the Cork Oak tree, Quercus suber, with Portugal producing most cork worldwide.
		Cork demand has increased due to a larger proportion of wine being sealed with cork rather than being sold in bulk.
		Cork contamination with harmless but foul-smelling trichloroanisole (TCA) is one of the primary causes of cork taint in wine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cork_(material) (678 words)

	Cork Oak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cork Oak (Quercus suber) is a medium sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect.
		Cork Oaks cannot legally be cut down in Portugal except for forest management felling of old unproductive trees.
		Cork is sometimes planted as individual trees providing a minor income to their owners.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cork_oak (344 words)

	corked - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Cork (material), thick outer bark of an evergreen oak of the Mediterranean area, and also the similar but thinner protective layer on the stems and...
		Cork (city, Ireland), county borough and seat of the county of Cork, located on the Lee River, at the head of Cork Harbour inlet.
		Cork (county, Ireland), largest and southernmost county of Ireland, in Munster Province.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /corked.html (101 words)

	Livingreen.com \| Information Center
		Cork may be the most naturally sustainable and renewable finish material available for home and work environments.
		Cork is not a new finish material -its cultivation is an ancient tradition that has prevailed more than three thousand years because of its care, concern and harmony with nature.
		The raw cork material is obtained from the bark of the tree in a process called "unmasking".
	www.livingreen.com /infocenter/articles-Cork.htm (294 words)

	Nationwidefloors.com - Cork Flooring Categories
		Cork is the name given to the bark of the cork oak tree.
		The characteristics of cork result naturally from the structure and chemical composition of its extremely strong and flexible cell membranes, which are both watertight and airtight.
		Cork is liquid and gas-tight due to the presence of suberin (a complex compound of fatty acids and powerful organic alcohol).
	www.nationwidefloors.com /cork_categories.htm (730 words)

	What is Cork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cork, known primarily for its use as bottle stoppers, comes from the bark (suberose parenchyma) of the cork oak.
		Cork stripping is the process of removing the bark of the cork tree.
		Natural cork is used as the cork closure since it allows the wine to "live" and mature in the bottle.
	www.jelinekcork.com /what_is_cork.html (588 words)

	FAQ-Cork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A:Yes, the cork material used for flooring is very dense and is designed to withstand even commercial traffic.
		Cork floors are coated with a finish that could be scratched by the claws of cats and dogs running on the floor.
		Cork underlayment is used under hardwood, ceramic tile, carpet and laminate flooring.
	www.consciousflooring.com /faq-cork.htm (1391 words)

	Corks - Past, Present and Future
		Cork is a spongy material which comes from the bark of the cork tree and has traditionally been used to seal wine bottles.
		Corks, however, were not the closure of choice in those ancient days: the most common closures for wine jugs and amphora were a coating of pitch or gypsum over the opening of a vessel or a film of olive oil floating on the surface of the wine.
		Cork from the first harvest, however, is irregular in size and density, and not suitable for wine stoppers.
	www.beekmanwine.com /prevtopap.htm (2562 words)

	WE Cork Flooring from Longleaf Lumber
		The Cork Oak grows in the forests of Mediterranean countries, primarily in Portugal and Spain.
		After corks for wine bottles are removed from the bark, the remaining material is ground up, bound with urethane binders and molded to obtain the desired density under pressure and heat.
		Because cork is a wood product, it is subject to the normal behavior of expansion and contraction, but these changes are less noticeable than those that occur with wood flooring.
	www.longleaflumber.com /cork.cfm (1286 words)

	Cork gasket material (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The materials are available in numerous grades for many applications including automotive, electrical transformers, control gear, switch gear, etc. Every gasketing application requires material that is best suited to that particular pressure, temperature, media and/or environmental factor.
		Materials can be supplied in rolls and sheets, with or without PSA (pressure sensitive adhesives), or with other backing reinforcements.
		There are a variety of these cork/rubber materials which use different types of synthetic rubber and sizes of granulated cork.
	www.jelinekcork.com /products/gasket.html (330 words)

	Cork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cork is the bark of the cork oak tree (Quercus Suber) which grows widely in specific regions of the Western Mediterranean.
		The cork is left to age for a period of months in the forest to allow the moisture content to stabilize.
		The cork cells are collapsed and wrinkled before boiling, but after boiling, the air in the cells expands and creates a very tight, uniform cell structure that looks like a honeycomb.
	www.stonehauswinery.com /cork.htm (1256 words)

	Cork is an excellent material for flooring \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Cork is an excellent flooring material for homes and is a good alternative to hardwood for a unique appearance.
		Cork is a naturally porous material with millions of tiny air cells per square inch.
		The bark of cork oak trees is peeled off every nine years and the trees heal themselves and grow stronger.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040926/news_1hs26dulley.html (642 words)

	Cork Flooring
		The beauty, durability and stable properties of cork have been recognized throughout the centuries and if you are constructing a creative or an active space, cork is a pure material that neither outgases nor sheds micro-fibers thus improving indoor air quality.
		Cork composition material, in rolls or sheets, is also the ideal underlayment for laminate flooring as it absorbs sound and provides resiliency.
		A natural cork floor can literally be a great comfort to a chef or a homemaker who has been standing for an hour or so on a kitchen floor while working.
	www.ecobydesign.com /shop/cork (385 words)

	Astonishing 58 Color Cork flooring hardwood products manufacturer.
		Cork flooring tiles for flooring and wall applications are used as one of the most resilient and beautifully decorative materials around - always naturally replenished.
		Our floor and wall cork tiles are easy to cut and can be crafted into all manner of designs and patterns, many of which are impossible to achieve with other materials.
		As cork floorcovering manufacturers and cork flooring retailers and suppliers, Duro-Design's Cork flooring tiles are perfect for spas and similar applications, since it is unaffected by humidity.
	www.color-cork-flooring.com /english/products/benefits.html (759 words)

	The Story of Cork
		Cork is the bark of the Cork Oak (quercus suber) tree, native to the Mediterranean.
		Long lasting ▪ There are several cork floors in the U.S. which have been in use for 50 to over 100 years, such as the Library of Congress (1923-replaced with new cork in 1997) Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water ("designed" with Cork floors, 1937) and Toledo Museum of Art (1931).
		Renewable resource material ▪ Cork is harvested without killing the trees, which live to be hundreds of years old.
	www.flooringalternatives.com /cork/corkstory.html (437 words)

	OnlineFloorStore.com - Natural Cork
		There are examples of cork oak trees that are 400 to 500 years old though the average life expectancy would be 100 to 120 years.
		The size, quantity, and type of cork granual in conjunction with varying degrees of pressure make the difference between 'bulletin board' material and the material that is suitable for flooring applications.
		With cork flooring, walking barefoot in the bedroom or bathroom on a cold night doesn't have to be an unpleasant experience.
	www.onlinefloorstore.com /store/mfg?id=32 (572 words)

	Chassis_Damping
		Cork is chosen for it's damping qualities as well as relative light weight.
		This clay like material is added liberally to the corners of the cabinet and plinth as is shown to add damping to the plinth.
		The Blue-Tack material is also used around the mounting spacers between the cabinet base and the motor-plate to fill in every conceivable void.
	www.theanalogdept.com /chassis_damping.htm (832 words)

	NewStandard: 9/20/98
		Several flooring material alternatives are hardwood, laminate, vinyl, cork or bamboo.
		Cork is an excellent flooring material for many reasons -- it is durable, attractive, insulates, absorbs noise, is comfortable and quiet to walk on and very earth-friendly.
		You have probably walked on many cork floors and assumed they were ordinary vinyl or wood floors.
	www.s-t.com /daily/09-98/09-20-98/f02ho204.htm (648 words)

	THE POLITICAL, MATERIAL AND MENTAL CULTURE OF THE CORK SETTLERS,
		Cork, although from time to time a visitor and a powerful champion of Irish concerns in the English House of Lords and at court, contributed more to settler society by his absence than his presence, In return he expected Irish remittances to fund his English building ventures.
		Cork, we must admit, was special among Irish counties; and though the populations of County Dublin, Antrim or Down may have resembled it in religion, structure and wealth, we can hardly treat it as a paradigm for, say, Mayo, Roscommon or Clare.
		Hayton, 'Tories and Whigs in county Cork, 1714' in Cork Hist.
	mamaynooth.freeservers.com /barnard.htm (19890 words)

	Cork is a sheet fabricating material used to make arch supports. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cork is a sheet fabricating material used to make arch supports.
		These materials differ from each other by the type of substrate used to bond the cork bits.
		A substrate material imparts the ability to heat mold the cork.
	www.acor.com /cork.htm (102 words)

	CORK AS A LIGHTWEIGHT PARTITION MATERIAL
		The purpose of this paper is to present an indigenous material (cork) in a construction technology innovation.
		Cork is a natural product that constitutes the outer bark of a tree named the cork-oak (Quercus suber L), that is disseminated all over Portugal (mainly in the southern area).
		Cork is a unique material, thanks to its low specific weight, great elasticity, flexibility and durability, its impermeability to liquid and gases, its resistance to wear and fire, its high mechanical resistance and dimensional stability and resistance to reactive agents, microorganisms, etc.
	paginas.fe.up.pt /~carvalho/beijiahs.htm (2191 words)

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		These cork bowls and dishes were inspired by the traditional drinking vessel used by cork harvesters to stay hydrated in the hot, arid fields where cork trees grow.
		The balanced form, along with the pliability of the material allows the user of this lounge to rock gently from side to side or on her back with a great degree of stability.
		Because cork is 100% waterproof and impervious to rot and mold growth, this piece functions as well outdoors as it does in.
	www.danielmichalik.com (1319 words)

	09650 - Resilient Flooring (A.P.C. Cork, Inc.)
		Due to the special properties of cellular cork, floating floors are a resilient walking surface.
		Store and dispose of solvent-based materials, and materials used with solvent—based materials, in accordance with requirements of local authorities having jurisdiction.
		Material: 100 percent natural cork on surface and high density (HDF) 1/4 inch (6 mm) bottom layer or center layer.
	www.arcat.com /sdspecs/htm/09650apc.htm (2103 words)

	Wine Cork Recycling
		All corks received are unpacked by the package from a single shipper and sorted into pure corks, plastic wine stoppers and cork that is contaminated with some non cork material.
		The cork stoppers will be reprocessed into a block that will be sliced into thin sheets that will be offered for sale.
		It is unbelievable that a sustainable material and yet an increasingly rare material, such as cork wine stoppers are simply discarded without regard (except for perhaps their biodegradability) by the millions each day in the USA.
	www.yemmhart.com /news+/winecorkrecycling.htm (478 words)

	Welcome to Extreme How To, DIY - Do it Yourself, Home Improvement, Home Decorating
		Bamboo is a grass that can be harvested every five years, while cork is the bark of a tree that can be harvested without damaging the tree every ten years.
		In addition, cork is elastic and compressible, which makes it very comfortable underfoot and almost impossible to dent.
		Glued-down cork tiles are more economical at purchase than the planks, but the subfloor must be carefully prepared, the tiles will be harder to remove and they'll provide less insulation than the planks.
	www.extremehowto.com /xh/article.asp?article_id=60344 (1004 words)

	Cork (material) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Cork (material) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		To modify the reverberations the architect has two types of materials, sound-absorbent and sound-reflecting, to coat the surfaces of ceilings, walls,...
		The major industrial and commercial area of Portugal, Lisbon has an exceptionally fine harbour and is also the chief seaport.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Cork_(material).html (115 words)

	Ron Hazelton's HouseCalls - Cork Wall Covering
		This material can be glued directly to the wall, but it is not recommended for two reasons.
		Trim the cork down to more workable pieces roughly the size of the panels they will be attached to.
		Once the cork is positioned on top of the masonite with the edges flush, then carefully pull the slip sheet from between the two panels and use a roller to press the two adhesive covered surfaces into contact with each other.
	www.ronhazelton.com /howto/cork_wall_covering.htm (799 words)

	Cork Material - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
		Black cork wedge with leg tie from Andrew Stevens All man made materials Cork wedge heel is approximately 4" Black fabric lace-up leg tie Open toe Imported Please note, this...
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		Women's silver thong sandal with cork wedge heel from Steven Madden All man-made materials Silver leather crisscrossing thong Cork wedge heel is approximately 4" Cork bottom...
	www.nextag.com /cork-material/search-html (462 words)

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