Documents in our library describe Caposite (North American Asbestos) as “caposite asbestos rope”.1 They put its asbestos content at 100%.1 The asbestos named is amosite. It was rated for temperatures up to 1200 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Caposite (North American Asbestos) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1956, June 1956
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
- Form: “ROPE”, p. 182
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “amosite fibers” (as of 1976), p. 643
Kind of product
We list Caposite (North American Asbestos) with raw fiber and filler, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other raw fiber and filler by North American Asbestos (1)
Raw fiber and filler by other makers (41)
Plastibest (Johns-Manville) · Fibra-Flo (Johns-Manville) · Asbaltic (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fibers (Johns-Manville) · Dicalite (maker not given) · Asbestos Fibers (Fibreboard) · Asbestos Fibers (Nicolet) · Asbestos Fibers (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Fibers (Ruberoid) · Blue Mud (Johns-Manville) · Calidria RG 144 (Union Carbide) · Calidria RG 600 (Union Carbide) · Carded Crysotile (Unarco) · Carey 7 RF (Carey Canadian Mines) · Celite (Johns-Manville) · Chlorbestos (Johns-Manville) · Diabestos (Great Lakes Carbon) · Fiberspray Asbestos (Acoustic) · Fibra Flow (Johns-Manville) · Gold Bond Asbestos Fibers (National Gypsum) · and 21 more: all raw fiber and filler
See also
- Caposite in the Lexicon
- North American Asbestos: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1956, June 1956 (June 1, 1956), p. 41.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 18.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 64. Not yet published in our library.
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