Documents in our library describe E-511 (Ruberoid) as “asbestos paper (long fiber)”.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 1000 °F.1
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What each document says
Every statement about E-511 (Ruberoid) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Temperature limit: “0 to 1000”, p. 941
- Form: “Asbestos Paper (Long Fiber)”, p. 941
- Description: “Made with high grade long asbestos fiber. Minimum fiber content of 88% and maximum binder content of 5%. Thicknesses from .006 in. to .065 in., 36 in. roll widths.”, p. 941
- Asbestos content: “high grade long asbestos fiber”, p. 941
Kind of product
We list E-511 (Ruberoid) 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 Ruberoid (8)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (291)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · D C Flexstone (Johns-Manville) · Defendex (Philip Carey) · Don'T Monkey With Cheap Roofs (Lone Star Roofing) · Double Sanded Asbestos (Philip Carey) · Doublex (Johns-Manville) · Duplex (Nicolet/Keasbey & Mattison) · Durestos (maker not given) · E-p (Eagle-Picher) · Engineers Insulating Tape (Johns-Manville) · Excel (Philip Carey) · Fiberock (Philip Carey) · Fiberock Asbestos Felt (Philip Carey) · Fiberock Cap Sheet (Philip Carey) · Fibroid (Johns-Manville) · Filawound (Spaulding Fibre) · and 271 more: all paper, felt and millboard
See also
- Ruberoid: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Ruberoid on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 94.
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