He aha ka ʻili Cork?
ʻili kinohana ʻia mai ka ʻili o Cork Oaks. Ua ulu maoli ka Cork Oaks ma ka ʻāina Mediterranean o ʻEulopa, kahi e hoʻopuka ai i ka 80% o ka cork o ka honua, akā ke ulu ʻia nei ka cork kiʻekiʻe ma Kina a me India. Pono nā kumu lāʻau Cork ma kahi o 25 mau makahiki ma mua o ka ʻohi ʻia ʻana o ka ʻili, a laila hiki ke ʻohi ʻia i hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia 9 makahiki. Ke hana ʻia e kahi loea, ʻo ka ʻohi ʻana i ka ʻōpala mai kahi Cork Oak ʻaʻole ia e pōʻino i ka lāʻau, akā, ʻo ka wehe ʻana i nā ʻāpana o ka ʻili e hoʻoulu i ka hana hou e hoʻolōʻihi i ke ola o kahi lāʻau. ʻO ka lāʻau ʻoka e hoʻohua mai ka ʻoka ma waena o ʻelua a ʻelima haneli mau makahiki. Hoʻokiʻoki ʻia ka pahu mai ka lāʻau i nā papa, maloʻo no ʻeono mahina, hoʻolapalapa ʻia i ka wai, palahalaha a kaomi ʻia i loko o nā pā. A laila kaomi ʻia kahi kākoʻo lole ma luna o ka ʻili poʻo, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka suberin, kahi mea hoʻopili kūlohelohe i loaʻa i loko o ka pahu. ʻO ka hopena o ka huahana he maʻalahi, palupalu a ikaika a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nohona 'ʻili vegan' ma ka makeke.
ʻO ke ʻano a me ke ʻano a me nā ʻano o ka ʻili Cork
ʻili kinohe paheʻe, ʻālohilohi ka hoʻopau ʻana, he hiʻohiʻona e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā. He pale wai, pale ahi a hypoallergenic. He 50 pākēneka o ka nui o ka cork he ea a no laila, ʻoi aku ka māmā o nā huahana i hana ʻia mai ka ʻili kino ma mua o ko lākou mau ʻili. ʻO ka honeycomb cell structure o ka cork e lilo ia i insulator maikaʻi loa: thermally, electrically and acoustically. ʻO ke koena o ka friction kiʻekiʻe o ka cork, ʻo ia ka mea paʻa i nā kūlana i loaʻa mau ai ka ʻōpala a me ka abrasion, e like me ka mālama ʻana a mākou e hāʻawi ai i kā mākou ʻeke a me nā ʻeke. ʻO ka elasticity o ka cork e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e paʻa ke ʻano o kahi ʻatikala ʻili pila a no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e komo i ka lepo e noho maʻemaʻe. E like me nā mea hana a pau, ʻokoʻa ka maikaʻi o ka cork: ʻehiku mau māka kūhelu, a ʻo ka cork maikaʻi maikaʻi loa he maʻalahi a me ke kīnā ʻole.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻAukake-01-2022
