Documents in our library describe Thermasil (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) as “block and pipe covering”.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 1200 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Thermasil (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Temperature limit: “Atmos to 1200”, p. 781
- Form: “Block and Pipe Covering”, p. 781
- Asbestos content: “Hydrous calcium silicate reinforced with a small amount of asbestos fibers”, p. 781
- Description: “Hydrous calcium silicate reinforced with a small amount of asbestos fibers. Good compressive strength. Rigid.”, p. 781
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “pipe, block” (as of 1961, 1965), p. 1162
Kind of product
We list Thermasil (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) with pipe covering and block insulation, 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, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
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-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) · Trica-mag (Crown Cork & Seal) · and 254 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
References
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 78.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 116. Not yet published in our library.
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