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Aertite (Johns-Manville)

Documents in our library describe Aertite (Johns-Manville) as “a tough, rubbery asphaltic-asbestos coating in plastic form”.1 They give it as made 1920–1982.2 They put its asbestos content at 14.7% to 18%.2 The asbestos named is chrysotile. It was rated for temperatures up to 250 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Aertite (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Johns-Manville Insulation in Industry (c. 1942)

  • Description: “a tough, rubbery asphaltic-asbestos coating in plastic form”, p. 171
  • Temperature limit: “The temperature limit is 250 deg. F.”, p. 171

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

  • Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1920”, p. 992
  • Asbestos fiber: “Fiber Type: Chrysotile”, p. 992
  • Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1982”, p. 992
  • Asbestos content: “% Fiber by Weight: 14.7 - 18.0”, p. 992

Johns-Manville Service to Power Users: Catalog No. 117, Second Edition (1920)

  • Use: “for covering the outside of boiler walls to prevent the infiltration of cold air into the combustion chamber”, p. 1093
  • Description: “asphaltic asbestos plastic formulation/finish” (as of 1926, 1953), p. 514

See also

References

  1. Johns-Manville Insulation in Industry (February 1, 1943), p. 17.
  2. Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (January 1, 1989), p. 99.
  3. Johns-Manville Service to Power Users: Catalog No. 117, Second Edition (January 1, 1920), p. 109.
  4. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 51. Not yet published in our library.

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