Documents in our library describe Resinox (Monsanto) as “a powdered two-stage hexamethylenetetramine-catalyzed phenolic resin containing 7-9% of polyvinyl butyral resin (monsanto's resinox no. 795)”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Resinox (Monsanto) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Abrasive wheel composition (US Patent 2,943,926, 1960)
- Description: “a powdered two-stage hexamethylenetetramine-catalyzed phenolic resin containing 7-9% of polyvinyl butyral resin (Monsanto's Resinox No. 795)”, p. 31
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “filter” (as of 1941-1959), p. 1052
Kind of product
We list Resinox (Monsanto) with asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Electricians and Electrical Workers.
Asbestos-reinforced plastics by other makers (40)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Thermasil (Keene) · Durestos (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London) · Nylode (Rexall Chemical) · Permatherm (Chase-Foster) · Permatherm 6 (Chase-Foster Div., Keene) · Plasti-Clad (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Preg-Pli (Sun Chemical) · Pyrotex Felt (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Quinorogo R-470 (Johns-Manville) · Structo Shape (Johns-Manville) · Surco (Surface Coatings) · Temp-Tite (Johns-Manville) · Thermomat Style 383 (Johns-Manville) · Vee-Square (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) · Yankee (Beacon Sales Company) · Aboglas (Navtar) · and 20 more: all asbestos-reinforced plastics
See also
- Monsanto: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- Abrasive wheel composition (US Patent 2,943,926, 1960) (July 5, 1960), p. 3.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 105. Not yet published in our library.
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