Documents in our library describe Superex Cement for Navy (Johns-Manville) as “cement”.1 They give it as made 1941–1957.1 They put its asbestos content at 7% to 20%.1 The asbestos named is amosite and chrysotile. 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 Superex Cement for Navy (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 Superex Cement for Navy (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: 1941”, p. 1211
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: 1965”, p. 1211
- Form: “Cement”, p. 1211
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 631
- Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Superex Cement for Navy” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 631
- Description: “A specially formulated variation of SUPEREX Cement to meet Navy specifications”, p. 821
- Asbestos content: “7.0 - 20.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 1211
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile and/or Amosite”, p. 1211
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile and/or Amosite”, p. 1211
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1957”, p. 1211
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 232
- Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Superex Cement for Navy” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 282
- Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Superex Cement for Navy” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 232
Kind of product
We list Superex Cement for Navy (Johns-Manville) with insulating cement and coatings, from how the documents describe its form. 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 · Laptite · Laptite Cement · Mx-3808 Asb Filler · Mx-3808 Asbestos Filler · Navy 450 Cement · No. 302 Insulation Cement · Superex Cement · Superex-m · Thermobestos Cement · Thermomix 700 · Thermomix 720 · Thermomix 770 · Thermomix 810 · 0352 Cement · 300 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
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 121.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 23.
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