Tricalite (Mundet Cork)

Documents in our library describe Tricalite (Mundet Cork) as “block and pipe covering”.¹ It was rated for temperatures up to 1250 °F.¹

Pictures

How Tricalite (Mundet Cork) looked: a label, photograph or catalog page from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.

• Packaging: Mundet insulating cements and Tricalite pipe covering (Mundet Cork Corporation)Label or package · ACL Doc 20724

What each document says

Every statement about Tricalite (Mundet Cork) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)

• Asbestos content: “Hydrous calcium silicate reinforced with a small amount of asbestos fibers”, p. 78¹
• Temperature limit: “Atmos to 1250”, p. 78¹
• Form: “Block and Pipe Covering”, p. 78¹
• Description: “Hydrous calcium silicate reinforced with a small amount of asbestos fibers. Good compressive strength. Rigid.”, p. 78¹

Kind of product

We list Tricalite (Mundet Cork) with pipe covering and block insulation, 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, Pipefitters and Plumbers.

References

1. Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 78.