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Published paper presented at the April 1956 Annual General Meeting in Quebec City, reviewing the use of asbestos, chiefly chrysotile, as a filler in cold-molded, thermoplastic and thermosetting plastics. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of chrysotile fillers, fiber grades, processing methods and a table of properties of asbestos-filled molding compounds. Pages 5-6 also carry the end of the paper and unrelated Bulletin news items. unreviewed
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- Author
- M. S. Badollet (Johns-Manville Research Center, Manville, New Jersey); M. R. Ximenez (Formerly of Johns-Manville Research Center; now retired)
- Published by
- Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1385
- Date
- July 1956
- Number
- Bates UC-1385
- 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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M. S. Badollet, M. R. Ximenez. "The Role of Asbestos in Plastics." Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bulletin LIX:283-288, 1956.
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From M. S. Badollet (Johns-Manville Research Center, Manville, New Jersey); M. R. Ximenez (Formerly of Johns-Manville Research Center; now retired).
- M. S. Badollet (author)
- M. R. Ximenez (author)
- Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (its organization)
- Johns-Manville Research Center (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics: Circuit Breakers, Switchgear, and Resin Pipe · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type.
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This is document UC-1385 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers UC-1385.
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M. S. Badollet (Johns-Manville Research Center, Manville, New Jersey), M. R. Ximenez (Formerly of Johns-Manville Research Center, now retired). “M. S. Badollet and M. R. Ximenez, 'The Role of Asbestos in Plastics', Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bulletin.” July 1956. Union Carbide documents, UC-1385, Bates UC-1385. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1385.
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