Union Carbide Mining and Metals Division Brochure, Refined Chrysotile Asbestos: Product Specifications, Descriptions, Uses

A Union Carbide Mining and Metals Division brochure on its refined, high-purity chrysotile asbestos, mined in the New Idria district and milled at King City, California. It holds a product summary, a reprinted 1965 TAPPI article, a technical paper on chrysotile properties, laboratory methods, mill-trial data sheets for paper, board, tissue and towels, and slurry-use sheets for fire retardants. Pages 41-84 were not provided.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover: Refined Chrysotile Asbestos, Product Specifications, Descriptions, Uses
• Page 2: Product summary: high-purity, grit-free asbestos available from Union Carbide, with grades and uses
• Pages 3-7: Reprint of R. G. Woolery, 'Effects of Chrysotile Asbestos Additions to Cellulosic Paper', TAPPI, August 1965
• Pages 8-26: A. W. Naumann paper, 'Properties of Asbestos Suitable for Use in Cellulosic Paper', with literature cited, figures and table
• Pages 27-29: Technical sheets on calculating asbestos content in paper and ash, and determining magnesium in paper samples (rotating disc spectrographic method)
• Page 30: Technical Service description
• Pages 31-32: Preparation and method of addition of the asbestos fiber to paper furnish
• Pages 33-34: Uses of high-purity asbestos in paper, with saveall case histories
• Pages 35-36: Pitch control sheet and application data
• Pages 37-39: Paperboard top-liner sheet and mill trial/application data
• Page 40: Tissue and towels softening agent sheet
• Pages 41-84: Not provided
• Pages 85-86: Asbestos forms, slurry preparation and application, uses and costs for fire-fighting slurry; sales offices
• Pages 87-88: Advantages of the high-purity asbestos as a forest fire retardant
• Page 89: Regional sales office listing

People and organizations

From Robert G. Woolery (group leader, Product Development and Technical Services (author of the reprinted TAPPI article)); A. W. Naumann (Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division, Tuxedo, New York (author of the paper on properties of asbestos for cellulosic paper)).

• Alfred W. Naumann (author)
• Robert G. Woolery (author)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• TAPPI (named)
• Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (named)
• University of Maine (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · New Idria.

About this copy

This is document UC-3044 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 89 pages. Production numbers UCC 001764 to UCC 001852.