Documents in our library describe Unibestos (Pittsburgh Corning) as “pipe covering”.1 They put its asbestos content at 71%.2 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 Unibestos (Pittsburgh Corning) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Asbestos content: “Asbestos Fiber and Diatomaceous Silica”, p. 781
- Form: “Pipe Covering”, p. 781
- Temperature limit: “Atmos to 1200”, p. 781
- Description: “Amosite asbestos fibers combined with diatomaceous silicate and sprayed with a silicate binder. Low shrinkage. Good mechanical strength. Rigid.”, p. 781
- Asbestos fiber: “Amosite asbestos fibers”, p. 781
Celanese Memo Forwarding NIOSH's List of Trade-Name Products Containing Regulated Carcinogens (1977)
- Asbestos content: “Unibestos | Asbestos | 71 | 0241520” (as of 1972-74), said by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, as recorded by Celanese Chemical Company (C. D. Barrett memo CDB-70-77), p. 102
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “amosite pipe, block, covering” (as of 1962-1972), p. 1223
Kind of product
We list Unibestos (Pittsburgh Corning) 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.
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (276)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Trica-mag (Crown Cork & Seal) · Tricalite (Mundet Cork) · Type 19 (Crown Cork & Seal) · Type 19 Block (Mundet Cork) · Type M (Crown Cork & Seal) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Unibestos 1200 (Unarco) · Unibestos 750 (Unarco) · V-dent (Nicolet) · V-Dent (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos) · Vercel (Eagle-Picher) · Vitribestos (Johns-Manville) · Vitro Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Watcocell (GAF) · and 256 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
See also
- Unibestos in the Lexicon
- Pittsburgh Corning: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 78.
- Celanese Memo Forwarding NIOSH's List of Trade-Name Products Containing Regulated Carcinogens (August 26, 1977), p. 10.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 122. Not yet published in our library.
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