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Caposil (Cape Asbestos)

Documents in our library describe Caposil (Cape Asbestos) as “'caposil' high temperature blocks”.1 The asbestos named is amosite. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Caposil (Cape Asbestos) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1957, August 1957

  • Form: “'Caposil' High Temperature blocks”, said by The Cape Asbestos Company Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 181
  • Form: “'Caposil' Insulating and Finishing Cements”, said by The Cape Asbestos Company Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 181

Asbestos Magazine, 1964, March 1964

  • Description: “CAPOSITE and CAPOSIL asbestos insulating materials”, said by Cape Insulation & Asbestos Products Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 132

Asbestos Magazine, 1966, May 1966

  • Asbestos fiber: “amosite ... used exclusively in ... ''Caposil'' calcium silicate materials” (as of 1966), said by C. Z. Carroll-Porczynski, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 43
  • Description: “Caposil (listed, product not given)” (as of 1961), p. 644

Kind of product

We list Caposil (Cape Asbestos) 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.

Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (324)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · C-10 (Bigelow-Liptak) · C-13-A (Flintkote) · C-18 (Bigelow-Liptak) · C-19 (Flintkote) · Calcrete 30 (Combustion Engineering) · Calsilite (GAF) · Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Careytemp 2000 (Philip Carey) · Careytemp Asbestos Cement (Philip Carey) · Casing (Combustion Engineering) · Castablock (Combustion Engineering) · Cominco Finishing (United States Mineral Wool) · Coverkote (GAF) · Decoralt Coatings (Flintkote) · Delta Maid (Rock Wool Manufacturing Co.) · and 304 more: all insulating cement and coatings

See also

  • Cape Asbestos: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1957, August 1957 (August 1, 1957), p. 18.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1964, March 1964 (March 1, 1964), p. 13.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1966, May 1966 (May 1, 1966), p. 4.
  4. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 64. Not yet published in our library.

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“Caposil (Cape Asbestos).” AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/products/cape-asbestos-caposil.

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