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319 Semi-Refractory Cement (Johns-Manville)

Documents in our library describe 319 Semi-Refractory Cement (Johns-Manville) as “cement”.1 They give it as made 1925–1969.2 They put its asbestos content at 20% to 21%.2 The asbestos named is chrysotile. It was rated for temperatures up to 1600 °F.3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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Asbestos claims

If you or a family member worked with or around 319 Semi-Refractory Cement (Johns-Manville) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust. Free case review.

What each document says

Every statement about 319 Semi-Refractory Cement (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.

  • Description: “cement” (as of 1930-1969), p. 1301

Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)

  • Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1925”, p. 952
  • Warning label: “Date Labeled: 1965”, p. 952
  • Asbestos fiber: “Fiber Type: Chrysotile”, p. 952
  • Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1969”, p. 952
  • Asbestos content: “% Fiber by Weight: 20.0 - 21.0”, p. 952

Johns-Manville Insulation in Industry (c. 1942)

  • Temperature limit: “For temperatures to 1600 deg. F.”, p. 103
  • Use: “for use in setting and sealing Superex Blocks in rotary kilns, sealing Vitribestos sheets in stacks, and similar uses”, p. 103

Kind of product

We list 319 Semi-Refractory Cement (Johns-Manville) with insulating cement and coatings, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Boilermakers.

See also

References

  1. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 130. Not yet published in our library.
  2. Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (January 1, 1989), p. 95.
  3. Johns-Manville Insulation in Industry (January 1, 1944), p. 10.

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