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Narcolite (North American Refractories)

Documents in our library describe Narcolite (North American Refractories) as “castable”.1 They put its asbestos content at 2%.2 The asbestos named is chrysotile. It was rated for temperatures up to 2000 °F.3,4 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Narcolite (North American Refractories) in the documents, in each document's own words.

North American Refractories Company's Supplemental Rule 220 Compliance in Bank of Alton v. A. P. Green Refractories, with R&D Reports on Eliminating Asbestos (1989)

  • Asbestos content: “contain asbestos (sold during 1975 and 1976)”, p. 311
  • Change: “asbestos replaced by Attagel 50; new mix sheet to Curwensville plant”, p. 351
  • Change: “converted to Attagel 50”, p. 381
  • Change: “clay mineral now used as replacement for asbestos”, p. 421
  • Change: “attapulgite replacement experiments planned first in NARCOLITE”, p. 311
  • Change: “preliminary lab data: attapulgite will work as asbestos replacement; no-asbestos version also promising”, p. 331
  • Ingredient: “asbestos”, p. 331
  • Made at: “Curwensville”, p. 351
  • Form: “castable”, p. 351
  • Change: “work order to substitute a clay mineral for attapulgite”, p. 141

North American Refractories Company's Responses to Interrogatories and Requests for Production in Bexar County (1994)

  • Asbestos content: “2%” (at Curwensville), p. 362
  • Made at: “Curwensville”, p. 362
  • Made at: “Farber”, p. 362
  • Asbestos content: “2%” (at Farber), p. 362
  • Form: “gunning mixes or castables”, p. 362
  • Asbestos fiber: “chrysotile asbestos”, p. 362

North American Refractories Company's Notice of Compliance with Plaintiffs' Request to Produce in Madison County (1987)

  • Change: “rearranged blend of constituents (1961)”, p. 453
  • Made at: “Farber, Mo. plant”, p. 453
  • Description: “lightweight insulating castable”, p. 453
  • Made at: “Curwensville, Penna. plant”, p. 453
  • Temperature limit: “2000 (service limit °F)”, p. 133
  • Temperature limit: “2000° F”, p. 333
  • Made at: “Also made in Canada”, p. 333
  • Use: “refinery units, industrial ovens, door linings, boiler water-wall backing, back-up insulation”, p. 333

North American Refractories Company's Answers to Plaintiffs' Request for Production in Kanawha County (1995)

  • Change: “rearranged blend of constituents (1961)”, p. 74
  • Made at: “Curwensville, Penna. plant”, p. 74
  • Made at: “Farber, Mo. plant”, p. 74
  • Temperature limit: “2000° F”, p. 64
  • Temperature limit: “2000 (service limit °F)”, p. 54
  • Made at: “Also made in Canada”, p. 64
  • Form: “50 LBS. NET WT. bag, LIGHT WEIGHT CASTABLE”, p. 44

Kind of product

We list Narcolite (North American Refractories) with refractories, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Boilermakers, Refractory Bricklayers.

Other refractories by North American Refractories (25)

Aerogun · Narcogun Pd-345 · Cm-18 Gun Mix · Narcocrete · Narcogun CO. · Narcogun Cr-346 · Narcogun Cr-346 HN · Narcogun Crd-347 · Narcogun Mc-339 · Narcogun Mcd-344 · Narcogun P-340 · Narcogun Sd-336 · Narmag OH Gun Mix · Super 505 Hot Gun C · Wo-339 MC Gun · Anti-erode Trowel · Bof-cote · Bof-patch · CM Gun Mix · Kurosaki Slide Gate Refractory · and 5 more on our products page

Refractories by other makers (26)

319 Semi-refractory (Johns-Manville) · 678 Semi-refractory (Johns-Manville) · 106 (Eagle-Picher) · Alumino-Hi-Temp (Philip Carey) · Pyrobar (U.S. Gypsum) · Insulag (Quigley) · Johns-Manville Jm (Johns-Manville) · Lasting Protection (Lasting Products) · Light Wate 22 & 50 (Combustion Engineering) · Mascote (Munn And Steele) · Mister Philplug (Plastic Wallplug & Bolt Co.) · Mule-Hide (Lehon) · Refractory Bonding Asbestos Furnace Cement (Philip Carey) · So Good That Only The Dealers Sell It (Lehon) · Thermo-Chem (Johns-Manville) · Thermo-Pac (Johns-Manville) · Thermo-Pac 2700 (Johns-Manville) · Vitricel (Philip Carey) · Windsor Brick (GAF) · Woodrock (National Gypsum) · and 6 more: all refractories

References

  1. North American Refractories Company's Supplemental Rule 220 Compliance in Bank of Alton v. A. P. Green Refractories, with R&D Reports on Eliminating Asbestos (May 17, 1977), pp. 31, 35.
  2. North American Refractories Company's Responses to Interrogatories and Requests for Production in Bexar County (October 25, 1994), p. 36.
  3. North American Refractories Company's Notice of Compliance with Plaintiffs' Request to Produce in Madison County (November 1, 1973), pp. 13, 33, 45.
  4. North American Refractories Company's Answers to Plaintiffs' Request for Production in Kanawha County (1995), pp. 5–7.

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