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A reprint of a January 1969 Plastics Technology article describing Union Carbide's new Calidria chrysotile asbestos from a California short-fiber deposit. It describes the fiber, the "wet process", the grades, prices and uses as a viscosity control, thixotrope and reinforcing agent in polyester, epoxy, nylon and vinyl floor tile, and includes a graph comparing asbestos with silica. unreviewed
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- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1049
- Date
- January 1969
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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"New High Purity Asbestos." Plastics Technology, 1969.
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People and organizations
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Fiberfab (named)
- Plastics Technology (named)
- Velocidad, Inc (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Floor Tile, Sheet Flooring, and Black Mastic · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type.
About this copy
This is document UC-1049 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 1 page. The same document is also document UC-5005.
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“New High Purity Asbestos: Union Carbide Reprint from Plastics Technology on Calidria Asbestos.” January 1969. Union Carbide documents, UC-1049. Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1049.
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