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Failure of Spiral Wound Gaskets in the H Gas Unit, Letter to D. A. Bernard, Brownsville Plant (1964)

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Internal correspondence from Union Carbide Chemicals Company to the Brownsville Plant reporting an examination of stainless steel spiral wound gaskets (Flexitallic) with asbestos packing that failed in the H Gas Unit preheater outlet piping. It describes cracked 304 stainless steel spirals and hard, brittle asbestos packing, and attributes the corrosion to decomposition of the packing's organic filler. The writer is not identified on the page.

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Union Carbide Chemicals Company
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Union Carbide documents, UC-3850
Date
July 2, 1964
Number
Bates UCC 015676
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ACL Doc 18499 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18499
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To Mr. D. A. Bernard (Brownsville Plant).

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This is document UC-3850 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers UCC 015676.

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“Failure of Spiral Wound Gaskets in the H Gas Unit, Letter to D. A. Bernard, Brownsville Plant.” July 2, 1964. Union Carbide documents, UC-3850, Bates UCC 015676. Union Carbide Chemicals Company. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18499. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18499.

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