Documents in our library describe Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) as “insulating cement”.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 600 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Asbestos content: “Magnesia and Asbestos”, p. 871
- Description: “Composed of not less than 85% by volume of hydrated magnesium carbonate and the balance of asbestos fibers. Relatively soft. Absorbant, will soften when wet. Rigid.”, p. 801
- Form: “Insulating Cement”, p. 871
- Temperature limit: “Atmos to 600”, p. 801
- Description: “Magnesium carbonate and asbestos fibers. To be mixed with water. Soft. Little mechanical strength. Not water resistant.”, p. 871
- Temperature limit: “Atmos to 600”, p. 871
- Asbestos content: “Magnesium Carbonate and Asbestos”, p. 801
- Form: “Block and Pipe Covering”, p. 801
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “85% magnesia” (as of 1961), p. 1162
Kind of product
We list Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) with pipe covering and block insulation and insulating cement and coatings, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers, Boilermakers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Baldwin-Ehret-Hill (2)
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (274)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Superex-m (Johns-Manville) · Superex-sg (Johns-Manville) · Temp-check (Philip Carey) · Tempcheck (Philip Carey) · Therm-o-bestos (Johns-Manville) · Therm-O-Flake (Illinois Clay Products) · Thermalite (Keene) · Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Thermasil (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Thermasil (Keene) · Thermo Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Thermowrap (Johns-Manville) · Train Pipe Covering (Johns-Manville) · Tri-calite (Crown Cork & Seal) · and 254 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other insulating cement and coatings by Baldwin-Ehret-Hill (4)
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (320)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · Superex-m (Johns-Manville) · Swetcheck (Eagle-Picher) · T-60 (Combustion Engineering) · Temp-Sure I-c 250 (Insul-Coustic) · Tempcheck (Philip Carey) · Thermalcoat (M. H. Detrick) · Thermalite (Keene) · Thermalkote (Flintkote) · Thermasil (Keene) · Thermobestos Cement (Johns-Manville) · Thermokote (Ryden Industries) · Thermomix 700 (Johns-Manville) · Thermomix 720 (Johns-Manville) · Thermomix 770 (Johns-Manville) · Thermomix 810 (Johns-Manville) · and 300 more: all insulating cement and coatings
References
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), pp. 80, 87.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 116. Not yet published in our library.
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