Sihiri kamar ku - fiberglass!

A ƙarshen 1920s, a lokacin babban baƙin ciki a Amurka, gwamnati ta ba da wata doka mai ban mamaki: hani. Haramcin ya dauki tsawon shekaru 14, kuma masu sana'ar kwalabe na ruwan inabi suna cikin matsala daya bayan daya. Kamfanin Owens Illinois ya kasance mafi girman masana'antar kwalabe a Amurka a lokacin. Yana iya kallon murhun gilashin da aka kashe. A wannan lokaci, wani mutum mai daraja, mai kisan gilla, ya zo wucewa ta wurin tanderun gilashi, ya tarar da wani gilashin ruwa da ya zube ya zama siffar fiber. Wasanni kamar an buge Newton a kai ta hanyar apple, kumagilashin fibertun daga lokacin ya kasance a fagen tarihi.
Bayan shekara guda, yakin duniya na biyu ya barke, kuma kayan aiki na yau da kullun sun yi karanci. Don saduwa da buƙatun shirye-shiryen yaƙi na soja, fiber gilashi ya zama madadin.
Mutane a hankali sun gano cewa wannan kayan samari yana da fa'idodi da yawa - nauyi mai nauyi, ƙarfin ƙarfi, haɓaka mai kyau, adana zafi da zafi mai zafi. Don haka, tankuna, jiragen sama, makamai, rigunan harsashi da sauransu duk suna amfani da fiber gilashi.
Gilashin fibersabon inorganic nekayan da ba na ƙarfe ba, wanda aka yi daga ma'adanai na halitta kamar kaolin, pyrophyllite, yashi quartz da limestone ta hanyar matakai da yawa kamar narke mai zafi, zanen waya da kuma iska bisa ga wani tsari. Diamita na monofilament yana tsakanin microns da yawa zuwa fiye da 20 microns, wanda yayi daidai da 1 / 20-1 / 5 na filament gashi. Kowane dam na fiber precursor yana kunshe da ɗaruruwa ko ma dubban monofilaments.

Masana'antar fiber gilashin kasar Sin ta tashi ne a shekarar 1958. Bayan shekaru 60 na samun ci gaba, kafin yin gyare-gyare da bude kofa ga waje, ya fi ba da hidima ga masana'antun tsaron kasa da na soja, sannan ya koma amfani da jama'a, kuma ya samu ci gaba cikin sauri.