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Industry booklet from the Asbestos Information Association describing the three commercially significant asbestos varieties (chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite), their properties, and the products and industries that use asbestos. Appendices give chemical formulas of six asbestos minerals and 1971 U.S. tonnage and sales by product line. The booklet bears no printed date; its figures run through 1971 and 1972.
- Author
- The Asbestos Information Association / North America (industry association (publisher))
- Published by
- The Asbestos Information Association / North America
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1280
- Number
- Bates A18612 to A18614
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 16433 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16433
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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From The Asbestos Information Association / North America (industry association (publisher)).
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Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Amosite: Brown Asbestos and the US Navy · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Crocidolite: Blue Asbestos, the Deadliest Type · EPA · OSHA.
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This is document UC-1280 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers A18612 to A18614. The same document is also document UC-3878.
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The Asbestos Information Association / North America (industry association (publisher)). “Asbestos Information Association/North America, What Asbestos Is: How and Where It Is Used.” Union Carbide documents, UC-1280, Bates A18612 to A18614. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16433. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16433.
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