Documents in our library describe Superex Cement (Johns-Manville) as “diatomaceous silica (insulating cement): diatomaceous silica in powdered form and binders. soft when dried. little strength. not moisture resistant. used where cement is exposed to extreme high temperatures.”.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 1900 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Superex Cement (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “cement” (as of 1931-1973), p. 1142
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Made at: “asbestos-containing products ... manufactured at the Manville Plant: ... Superex Cement” (at Manville Plant), p. 633
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Made at: “Manville Plant products included: ... Superex Cement” (at Manville Plant), p. 234
- Asbestos content: “listed among "asbestos containing products ... manufactured at each facility"” (at Manville Plant), p. 234
- Made at: “Redwood City Plant products included: ... Superex Cement” (at Redwood City Plant), p. 264
Kind of product
We list Superex 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.
Other insulating cement and coatings by Johns-Manville (51)
Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestile · 85 Magnesia · 302 · Johns-Manville Jm · Laptite · Laptite Cement · Mx-3808 Asb Filler · Mx-3808 Asbestos Filler · Navy 450 Cement · No. 302 Insulation Cement · Superex Cement for Navy · Superex-m · Thermobestos Cement · Thermomix 700 · Thermomix 720 · Thermomix 770 · Thermomix 810 · 0352 Cement · and 31 more on the company's page
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (273)
Prasco (Fibreboard) · Calsilite (GAF) · Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Super 66 (Eagle-Picher) · Super 711 (Combustion Engineering) · Super Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Super Finish (Combustion Engineering) · Super Powerhouse (Keene) · Super Stic-tite (Combustion Engineering) · Super-light (Philip Carey) · Super-Light Cement (Philip Carey) · Swetcheck (Eagle-Picher) · T-60 (Combustion Engineering) · Temp-Sure I-c 250 (Insul-Coustic) · Tempcheck (Philip Carey) · Thermalcoat (M. H. Detrick) · Thermalite (Keene) · Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Thermalkote (Flintkote) · and 253 more: all insulating cement and coatings
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 (January 1, 1962), p. 86.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 114. Not yet published in our library.
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (January 1, 1989), p. 63.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (January 1, 1990), p. 23.
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