Documents in our library describe Molten Metal Marinite (Johns-Manville) as “board”.1 They give it as made 1962–1980.1 They put its asbestos content at 38% to 40%.1,2 The asbestos named is amosite. It was rated for temperatures up to 1350 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Molten Metal Marinite (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1962”, p. 1171
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: 1970”, p. 1171
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1980”, p. 1171
- Asbestos fiber: “A board insulation made of amosite fiber”, p. 751
- Temperature limit: “feeding and conveying molten metals up to 1350 degrees F”, p. 751
- Form: “Board”, p. 1171
- Description: “A board insulation made of amosite fiber, diatomaceous silica, and an inorganic binder”, p. 751
- Use: “an ideal material for feeding and conveying molten metals”, p. 751
- Asbestos content: “38.0 - 40.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 1171
- Asbestos fiber: “Amosite”, p. 1171
Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for Molten Metal MARINITE (1981)
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “board” (as of 1962), p. 933
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 204
- Made at: “Billerica Plant (1940 to 1985): Molten Metal Marinite” (at Billerica) (the plant: Billerica, Massachusetts), p. 204
Kind of product
We list Molten Metal Marinite (Johns-Manville) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Johns-Manville (119)
Flexboard · Thermobestos · Min-k · Asbestocel · Metal-on · Marinite 36 · Marinite 45 · Marinite 65 · Marrakech · Metal Veneered Marinite · Min-k 1301 · Min-k 500 · No. 100 Kearsarge Sheet · No. 60 Service Sheet · Pallite · Permatone · Permatone S · Permatone “S” Flexboard · Quinterra 71 · Reeferite · and 99 more on the company's page
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (264)
Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Linalbestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Ludlite Paneling (Allegheny Ludlum Steel) · Magna-Tones (Supradur) · Marine Panel (Philip Carey) · Micro-Flexboard (J/Hns-Manville) · Mill Board (Ruberoid) · Miraweld (Kaiser Refractories) · Monobestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Monobestos (Nicolet) · Mule-Hide (Lehon) · Narro-Side (Supradur) · No. 1 Hard (Philip Carey) · No. 701 (Keasbey & Mattison) · Norbestos (Nicolet) · Nordeskafilt (Nordesk A Moskinfilt Aktiebologet) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
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
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), pp. 75, 117.
- Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for Molten Metal MARINITE (November 2, 1981), p. 1.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 93. Not yet published in our library.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 20.
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