Documents in our library describe Aslac (UBE Ceycon) as “pellet form via a small-scale pilot plant”.1 They give it as sold from 1976.1 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 Aslac (UBE Ceycon) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1976, October 1976
- Form: “pellet form via a small-scale pilot plant”, said by Ube Cycon Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 121
- Sold from: “ASLAC is available in international markets”, said by Ube Cycon Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 121
- Ingredient: “a blend of asbestos and latex, an intermediate product of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS)”, said by Ube Cycon Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 121
- Description: “a synthetic resin-asbestos compound, called ASLAC”, said by Ube Cycon Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 121
- Asbestos fiber: “the asbestos fibers, usually Chrysotile”, said by Ube Cycon Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 121
- Form: “thick sheets. Standard size is 1200mm x 2400mm with thicknesses from 3mm to 40mm”, said by Ube Cycon Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 121
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “resinous asbestos compound” (as of 1976), p. 592
Kind of product
We list Aslac (UBE Ceycon) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (383)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestos Rollboard (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sheathing (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) · Asbestos-Bonded (Armco Steel) · Asbestos-Cement Pipe (CertainTeed) · Asbestoside (Johns-Manville) · Atco (American Tar) · Best-Side (DeWitt Products) · Birdsboard (Mirawal, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical) · Bromley's Honor Pledge (George W. Bromley) · C Asbestos Millboard (Johns-Manville) · C Millboard (Johns-Manville) · Carey (Philip Carey) · Careybesto-Board (Philip Carey) · and 363 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1976, October 1976 (October 1, 1976), p. 12.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 59. Not yet published in our library.
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