Documents in our library describe Fibrous Adhesive (Pabco) as “fabrication cement”.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 800 °F.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Fibrous Adhesive (Pabco) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Asbestos content: “Sodium silicate with fibrous asbestos fillers.”, p. 1041
- Temperature limit: “60 to 800”, p. 1041
- Temperature limit: “60 to 800”, p. 1131
- Form: “Fabrication Cement”, p. 1131
- Description: “SODIUM SILICATE (With Fibrous Asbestos)”, p. 1041
- Description: “SODIUM SILICATE (With Fibrous Asbestos)”, p. 1131
- Asbestos content: “Sodium silicate with fibrous asbestos fillers.”, p. 1131
- Form: “Adhesive”, p. 1041
Kind of product
We list Fibrous Adhesive (Pabco) 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 · 85% Magnesia Cement · No. 127
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (316)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Calsilite (GAF) · Fibre Emulsion (National Cork) · Fibrekote (Keene/Ehret) · Fibrofil (Johns-Manville) · Fibrous Adhesive (Celotex) · Fibrous Adhesive (Johns-Manville) · Fibrous Adhesive (Keasbey & Mattison) · Fibrous Adhesive (M. H. Detrick) · Fibrous Adhesive (Philip Carey) · Fibrous Adhesive (Ruberoid) · Fil-insul (Johns-Manville) · Fireite (Johns-Manville) · Fireproofing (Eagle-Picher) · Firetite Furnace Cement (Johns-Manville) · Fitch (Fitch Recuperator) · Flexigum Roof (Celotex) · 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), pp. 104, 113.
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