Documents in our library describe 85% Magnesia Cement (Fibreboard) as “insulating cement”.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 550 °F.1
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Pictures
How 85% Magnesia Cement (Fibreboard) looked: labels, photographs and catalog pages from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.
Label: PABCO 85% Magnesia Cement (PABCO Industrial Insulations Division)Label or package · ACL Doc 15053
Package: PABCO 85% Magnesia Cement bag (Fibreboard Paper Products Corp.)Label or package · ACL Doc 20690
Package: PABCO 85% Magnesia Cement bag (PABCO Industrial Insulations Division)Label or package · ACL Doc 20691
Asbestos claims
If you or a family member worked with or around 85% Magnesia Cement (Fibreboard) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Owens Corning/Fibreboard asbestos trust (Fibreboard subfund). Free case review.
What each document says
Every statement about 85% Magnesia Cement (Fibreboard) 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
- Temperature limit: “Atmos to 550”, p. 871
- Form: “Insulating Cement”, p. 871
- Description: “Magnesium carbonate and asbestos fibers. To be mixed with water. Soft. Little mechanical strength. Not water resistant.”, p. 871
Kind of product
We list 85% Magnesia Cement (Fibreboard) 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.
Other insulating cement and coatings by Fibreboard (8)
Prasco · Caltemp · 85 Magnesia · Super Caltemp · 127 · FI · Fibrous Adhesive (Pabco) · No. 127
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (316)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Calsilite (GAF) · 7M Short Fiber (Mundet Cork) · 7M-90 (Celotex) · 81-27 and 81-93 (Benjamin Foster) · 85 Magnesia (Crown Cork & Seal) · 85 Magnesia (Gaf/Ruberoid) · 85 Magnesia (Keasbey & Mattison) · 85 Magnesia (Philip Carey) · 85% Magnesia Cement (Johns-Manville) · 90-07 H.I. Mastic (Benjamin Foster) · 99 (Eagle-Picher) · 99 Finishing Cement (Eagle-Picher) · A-1 (Philip Carey) · A-1199 (Combustion Engineering) · A.P.Green (A. P. Green Firebrick Co.) · A101 (Philip Carey) · and 296 more: all insulating cement and coatings
See also
- Fibreboard: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Fibreboard 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. 87.
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