Union Carbide Thermal Insulation Manual, Volume I (Specifications), with Transmittal Memoranda from W. G. Hammar to Manual Holders (1968)

The exhibit is a 300-page set. It opens with three transmittal memoranda (October 1968, October 1967, July 1967) sending revised pages for Union Carbide's Thermal Insulation Manual, Volume I (Specifications). It then reproduces manual pages: a preface, contents, general and material specifications, engineering standard details, and the October 1968 specification for sprayed rigid urethane foam insulation (43-H, 43-HSS). The October 1968 memo lists the revised specification pages and tells holders to replace and destroy the superseded pages.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Transmittal memorandum, W. G. Hammar (signed by C. B. Smith, Jr.), October 11, 1968, forwarding revised specification pages
• Page 3: Transmittal memorandum, W. G. Hammar, October 2, 1967, forwarding revised page 43-HSS (sprayed urethane foam)
• Page 4: Transmittal memorandum, W. G. Hammar, July 31, 1967, forwarding new and revised pages
• Pages 5-6: Manual title page and loan page (Book No. 1125, loaned to James P. Ennis, Shook and Fletcher Company, Birmingham, Alabama)
• Page 7: Preface and introduction to the thermal insulation specifications (July 1964)
• Pages 8-9: Contents pages listing general specifications, material specifications and application specifications
• Pages 10-24: General Specifications (GS) for insulation application, with figures
• Pages 25-37: Engineering standard details (EL-43, IS-31, IS-31A, IS-36, IS-40, IS-42, P-82, P-140, P-140A)
• Pages 38-40: Material Specifications (M) for thermal insulation, beginning with Specification No. 10 (cellular glass)
• Pages 41-295: Not included in the copy provided
• Pages 296-300: Application Specification 43-H, 43-HSS, Sprayed Rigid Urethane Foam (October 1968)

People and organizations

From W. G. Hammar (Union Carbide Group I Divisions Standards Program (transmittal memos)); C. B. Smith, Jr. (signed the October 11, 1968 memo for W. G. Hammar) to Holders of Thermal Insulation Manual - Volume I - Specifications (manual holders); G. F. Ours (copy recipient).

• W. G. Hammar (author)
• C. C. Smith, Jr. (author)
• G. F. Ours (copied)
• Engineering, Manufacturing, and Technology Services (Union Carbide) (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Chemicals and Plastics Operations Division (named)
• Engineering Department (named)
• Shook and Fletcher Company (named)

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This is document UC-2010 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 300 pages.