Documents in our library describe Insulmastic (Armstrong Cork) as “weather barrier coating”.1 They put its asbestos content at 5%.2 It was rated for temperatures up to 200 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Insulmastic (Armstrong Cork) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
Celanese Memo Forwarding NIOSH's List of Trade-Name Products Containing Regulated Carcinogens (1977)
- Asbestos content: “Insulmastic | Asbestos | 05 | 0434983” (as of 1972-74), said by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, as recorded by Celanese Chemical Company (C. D. Barrett memo CDB-70-77), p. 72
Kind of product
We list Insulmastic (Armstrong Cork) with insulating cement and coatings, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Boilermakers.
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See also
- Armstrong Cork: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Armstrong Cork on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 126.
- Celanese Memo Forwarding NIOSH's List of Trade-Name Products Containing Regulated Carcinogens (August 26, 1977), p. 7.
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