Documents in our library describe Asbestos Firetard Jacket (Johns-Manville) as “asbestos felt (heavy asphalt felt and asbestos paper)”.1 They put its asbestos content at 75%.2 The asbestos named is chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestos Firetard Jacket (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Form: “Asbestos Felt (Heavy Asphalt Felt and Asbestos Paper)”, p. 991
- Description: “ASBESTOS FELT (Asphalt Saturated)”, p. 1461
- Asbestos content: “plain asbestos paper”, p. 991
- Asbestos content: “Asphalt saturated, asbestos felt, coated with mineral filled asphalt.”, p. 1461
- Form: “Jacket”, p. 1461
- Description: “Laminate of heavy asphalt saturated felt and plain asbestos paper.”, p. 991
Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for Asbestos FIRETARD Jacket (1981)
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “outdoor pipe insulation” (as of 1953), p. 583
Kind of product
We list Asbestos Firetard Jacket (Johns-Manville) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Johns-Manville (89)
Min-k · Doublex · Thermomat · Firetard · Vitribestos · Asbestogard Felt · Asbestos and Hair Woven Felt · Asbestos Blanket · Asbestos Corded Sheathing · Asbestos Felt · Asbestos Finishing Felt · Asbestos Fire Felt · Asbestos Jelly Rolls · Asbestos Lining and Deadening Felt · Asbestos Lining Felt · Asbestos Locomotive Lagging · Asbestos Paper Tape · Asbestos Pipe Blanket · Asbestos Roll Fire Felt · Asbestos Sponge Felt · and 69 more on the company's page
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (210)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Asbestos (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Base Felt (GAF) · Asbestos Felt (Asphalt Saturated) (Fibreboard) · Asbestos Felt (Asphalt Saturated) (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Felt (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Felt Jacket, Asphalt Saturated (Pabco) · Asbestos Felt Jacket, Asphalt Saturated (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Grapevine Finish Felt (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Paper (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Paper Tape (Keasbey & Mattison) · Asbestos Paper Tape (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Paper Tape (Ruberoid) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) · Asbestoseal (Celotex) · Asbestoseal (Philip Carey) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Johns-Manville 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. 99.
- Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for Asbestos FIRETARD Jacket (July 10, 1981), p. 1.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 58. Not yet published in our library.
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