Documents in our library describe Type GT (Johns-Manville) as “asbestos paper (reinforced with glass thread)”.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 1000 °F.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Type GT (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Form: “Asbestos Paper (Reinforced With Glass Thread)”, p. 951
- Temperature limit: “0 to 1000”, p. 951
- Asbestos content: “Maximum asbestos fiber content of 84%”, p. 951
- Description: “Asbestos paper reinforced with glass threads. Almost 100% inorganic. Maximum asbestos fiber content of 84% with 5% maximum Fe2O3 content.”, p. 951
Kind of product
We list Type GT (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 · Telgard · Thermo Felt · Thermoflex · Thermotape · Thermowrap · Toasterbord · Transhield · Ventsulation · Vitro Fire Felt · White Surface Asbestos Jacket · #50 Asbestos Weatherproofing Felt · 12# Asbestos Tape · 15A Asbestos Jacket · 45A Asbestos Jacket · 50 Weatherproofing · 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) · Terratex (General Electric) · Thermafelt (H. K. Porter) · Thermafiber (U.S. Gypsum) · Thermoid Portersite G (H. K. Porter) · Triple Aaa Hip & Ridge Shingles (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Tufbestos (Nicolet) · Tufedg (Munters) · Unarco (Unarco) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unarco Asbestos Blanket (Unarco) · Uni Syn (Keasbey & Mattison) · Uniroof (Uni-Tubes Ltd. (England)) · V-dent (Nicolet) · Vangelder Papier (Koninklijke Papierfabrieken Van Gelder Zonen N.V.) · Vulca-Dek (Monroe) · 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. 95.
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