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Internal memo announcing a data sheet for the asbestos-free version of 'Bakelite' phenolic molding material BMMA-5440 Black 25 D.C., which salesmen could copy for customers using the standard BMMA-5440. It reports that the asbestos-free version is slightly inferior in electrical properties and deflection temperature, that Underwriters Laboratories tests were pending, and that customers had reported favorably. Two data sheets are attached.
- Author
- P. B. Potter (Bonding & Elastomer Materials (originating department))
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Bonding & Elastomer Materials (Plastics Division)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-916
- Date
- October 17, 1974
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 16122 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16122
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Memo from P. B. Potter, October 17, 1974, on asbestos-free BMMA-5440 phenolic molding material
- Page 2: 'Bakelite' phenolic molding material data sheet for BMMA-5440 Black 25 D.C. without asbestos, dated October 1, 1974
- Page 3: Undated 'New Product Data Sheet' (marked Tentative) for 'Bakelite' phenolic molding material BMMA-5440 Black 25 DC, with property table
People and organizations
From P. B. Potter (Bonding & Elastomer Materials (originating department)) to Bonding & Elastomer Materials Salesmen (with copies to 16 listed individuals, including M. Bilancetti, G. L. Brode and F. W. Wurtzell).
- P. B. Potter (author)
- Plastics Division (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics: Circuit Breakers, Switchgear, and Resin Pipe.
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This is document UC-916 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages.
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P. B. Potter (Bonding & Elastomer Materials (originating department)). “P. B. Potter to Bonding & Elastomer Materials Salesmen on Asbestos-Free BMMA-5440 Phenolic Molding Material.” October 17, 1974. Union Carbide documents, UC-916. Union Carbide Corporation, Bonding & Elastomer Materials (Plastics Division). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16122. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16122.
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