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A one-page reprint of a Western Plastics article, issued by Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics, reporting that Fiberfab, a division of Velocidad, Inc., used Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos Type R-G 244 in place of pyrogenic silica as a viscosity control agent in polyester gel coats for reinforced plastic car bodies. It states that the asbestos cost about half as much as silica, required less material per batch, and saved more than $10 per 500-pound batch. unreviewed
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- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics (reprint of Western Plastics article)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4165
- Date
- January 1969
- Number
- Bates F 42522
- 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.
Read the article
"Asbestos Cuts RP Car Body Costs." Western Plastics, 1969.
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People and organizations
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Fiberfab (named)
- Velocidad, Inc (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics: Circuit Breakers, Switchgear, and Resin Pipe · Calidria.
About this copy
This is document UC-4165 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers F 42522.
Cite this document
“Reprint of 'Asbestos Cuts RP Car Body Costs' from Western Plastics on Calidria R-G 244 in Fiberfab Gel Coats.” January 1969. Union Carbide documents, UC-4165, Bates F 42522. Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics (reprint of Western Plastics article). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-4165.
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