Documents in our library describe R/M Style 48-Rpd Pyrotex prepreg (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “prepreg felt approximately 0.013 inches thick; 20-inch-square laminated panels”.1 They give it as sold from 1965.1 The asbestos named is chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about R/M Style 48-Rpd Pyrotex prepreg (Raybestos-Manhattan) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1965, May 1965
- Sold from: “Raybestos-Manhattan's Aerospace Division has developed a new ... prepreg felt”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 101
- Asbestos fiber: “spinning grade Chrysotile asbestos fiber”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 101
- Use: “rocket and missile applications; structural members and insulators”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 101
- Form: “prepreg felt approximately 0.013 inches thick; 20-inch-square laminated panels”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 101
- Fiber grade: “spinning grade; carded into ASTM Grade AAAA felt”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 101
- Binder: “a carefully selected inorganic resin system”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 101
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos felt” (as of 1965), p. 1062
Kind of product
We list R/M Style 48-Rpd Pyrotex prepreg (Raybestos-Manhattan) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Raybestos-Manhattan (9)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (290)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Wovenstone (Unarco) · Pyrotex (U.S. Asbestos) · Quilon (E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And) · Quinorgo (Johns-Manville) · Quinorogo 6000 (Johns-Manville) · Quinorogoboard (Johns-Manville) · Quinterra (Johns-Manville) · Quintex (I, II, ST) (Johns-Manville) · Range Boiler Jacket (GAF) · Resin Saturating (Celotex) · Resistal (Keasbey & Mattison) · Roll Felt (Nicolet) · Rollboard (GAF) · Roofing Felt (Celotex) · Roofinsul (Johns-Manville) · Ru-ber-oid Watson (Ruberoid) · and 270 more: all paper, felt and millboard
See also
- Raybestos-Manhattan: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Raybestos-Manhattan on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1965, May 1965 (May 1, 1965), p. 10.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 106. Not yet published in our library.
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