Documents in our library describe No. 19 (Refractory & Insulation) as “block and pipe covering”.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 1900 °F.1
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What each document says
Every statement about No. 19 (Refractory & Insulation) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Asbestos content: “bonded with asbestos fiber”, p. 791
- Temperature limit: “Atmos to 1900”, p. 791
- Form: “Block and Pipe Covering”, p. 791
- Description: “Calcined diatomaceous silicate blended with other insulating materials and bonded with asbestos fiber. Rigid.”, p. 791
Kind of product
We list No. 19 (Refractory & Insulation) 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.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Refractory & Insulation (1)
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (275)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · National Anti-sweat (U.S. Gypsum) · National Neverfreeze (U.S. Gypsum) · National Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) · Nevallo 85 Mag (Atlas Turner) · New Improved Insutape (Unarco) · Newalls Newtempheit (Atlas Asbestos) · Nicolet (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos Company) · No. 6 High Temperature Cement (Baldwin-Hill) · Non-sweat (Keasbey & Mattison) · Non-sweat (Nicolet) · Norwal (Nicolet) · Pabco (Fibreboard) · Pabco Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Pabco Prasco (Fibreboard) · Pabco Super Caltemp (Fibreboard) · and 255 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
References
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 79.
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