20 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 28, 1967
N. L. Zutty to Distribution on the 1967 Asbestos Laboratory Program, with R. G. Woolery's Program Summary (1967)
Cover memo from N. L. Zutty to a distribution list transmitting a summary of the 1967 laboratory program on asbestos carried out under R. G. Woolery at Niagara Falls, and asking for comments on consolidating overlapping programs. The attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 28, 1967
N. L. Zutty to J. W. Biddle and Others Transmitting R. G. Woolery's 1967 Asbestos Laboratory Program Summary (1967)
Internal Plastics Division cover memo from N. L. Zutty forwarding a summary of the 1967 asbestos laboratory program run by R. G. Woolery at Niagara Falls, with a proposal to consider consolidating some programs with similar work elsewhere in Group…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 17, 1977
W. F. Blythe Jr. to A. A. Sousa on Asbestos and Dust Levels During Synthetic Soil Preparation with Vermiculite, Building 741 (1977)
Internal industrial hygiene report on air sampling for asbestos and nuisance dust during preparation of synthetic soil in Building 741 on September 15-16 and October 25, 1977. The sampling was requested by Ag Chemicals because the W. R. Grace…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 21, 1977
G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton on Water Sprayers for Removing Asbestos Pipe Covering at the Tech Center (1977)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton recommending the purchase of two one-gallon garden-type sprayers, similar to the Hudson Model 6215, for the Tech Center. The sprayers were to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1967
R. E. Byrne, Jr. and S. Chwastiak, The Chemical Modification of UCC Chrysotile Asbestos. I. Silica Modification for Viscosity Control (1967)
Research report describing a laboratory and pilot-plant process for treating UCC chrysotile asbestos with sodium silicate and acetic acid at pH 8. The treated product, R-G244, was developed to thicken polyester resins in place of colloidal silica.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 25, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to D. R. Paugh and Others on Asbestos Air Monitoring at the South Charleston Plant (1977)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting air sampling done on August 8, 1977 during removal of wet insulation, possibly containing asbestos, from a furnace at the South Charleston mainland powerhouse. It states that the results complied with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 29, 1967
K. Park, Interaction of Water-Soluble Polymers with Chrysotile Asbestos, Rheological Studies (1967)
Research report by K. Park on laboratory studies of how water-soluble anionic, non-ionic and cationic polymers interact with chrysotile asbestos in water, using viscometry and electrophoresis. It reports dispersion, flocculation and surface-charge…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 25, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to A. S. Howard and Others on Asbestos Air Sampling During Insulation Removal at Institute Powerhouse (1977)
Internal memo reporting air samples taken August 15, 1977 during removal of possibly asbestos-containing insulation at the Institute, West Virginia powerhouse. It reports personal sample concentrations of 2.59 and 2.61 fibers/cc and an area sample…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 2, 1977
S. D. Herzog to D. R. Paugh and B. H. Thomas on Compliance with EPA Asbestos Regulation, with Enclosed Federal Register Asbestos Standard Amendments (1977)
A cover letter from S. D. Herzog of Chemicals and Plastics (South Charleston, WV) forwarding guidance on complying with the EPA hazardous air pollutants regulation (40 CFR 61) for removal and disposal of asbestos-containing insulation and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 25, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to A. S. Howard and Others on Asbestos Monitoring at the Institute Powerhouse (1977)
Internal memo reporting air sampling on August 15, 1977 during removal of insulation possibly containing asbestos at the Institute, West Virginia powerhouse. It reports two personal samples (2.59 and 2.61 fibers/cc) and one area sample (0.48…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 2, 1977
Bill Blythe to Randy Noble Forwarding S. D. Herzog's Memo on Compliance with the EPA Asbestos Regulation (1977)
A handwritten Union Carbide cover memo from Bill Blythe to Randy Noble on the subject of the asbestos EPA notification requirement, saying it is further documentation that construction personnel were informed of EPA regulations in 1977…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 25, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to A. S. Howard and Others on Asbestos Monitoring at Institute Powerhouse (1977)
Internal memo reporting air sampling on August 15, 1977 during removal of possibly asbestos-containing insulation at the Institute, West Virginia powerhouse. It reports personal sample results of 2.59 and 2.61 fibers/cc and an area sample of 0.48…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 2, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to J. W. Biddle, G. F. Hurley, M. E. Perry and W. Shelton on Asbestos Air Sampling During Insulation Stripping (1977)
A February 2, 1977 letter from W. F. Blythe, Jr. reporting air sampling for asbestos during insulation stripping jobs in several buildings on five dates in December 1976 and January 1977. It states that all workers wore respirators and that results…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 2, 1977
J. P. Gregory to J. W. Biddle and Others on Asbestos Insulation Stripping and Air Sampling at the Institute Plant (1977)
Internal memo reporting air sampling done on May 26, 1977 while asbestos insulation was stripped from the dust collector on #2 boiler at the Institute Plant. It lists area and personal sample results, including 2.44 and 1.78 fibers/cc for personal…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 2, 1977
J. P. Gregory to J. W. Biddle and Others on Asbestos Insulation Stripping and Air Sampling at the Institute Plant (1977)
Internal memo reporting air sampling during the stripping of asbestos insulation from the dust collector on #2 boiler at the Institute Plant on 5/26/77. It lists area and personal sample results and concludes that one sample slightly exceeded the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 2, 1977
S. D. Herzog to D. R. Paugh and B. H. Thomas Forwarding R. A. Huber's Guidance on Compliance with the EPA Asbestos Regulation (1977)
A Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics cover memo (Aug. 2, 1977) forwards an outline from R. A. Huber on complying with the EPA asbestos regulation, 40 CFR 61, for removal and disposal of asbestos-containing insulation…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 2, 1977
S. D. Herzog to D. R. Paugh and B. H. Thomas on Compliance with the EPA Asbestos Regulation (1977)
Internal correspondence from S. D. Herzog dated August 2, 1977, forwarding an outline received from R. A. Huber of SHARE. The letter gives guidance on complying with the EPA hazardous air pollutants regulation (40 CFR 61) for removing and disposing…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 6, 1968
S. Chwastiak and K. Park, Thickening UCAR Latexes with Asbestos Products (1968)
Research report from Union Carbide's Niagara Falls R&D department on thickening UCAR Latex 360 and UCAR Latex 891 with asbestos products (R-G144, R-G244 and an anionic asbestos). It reports Brookfield viscosity data…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 29, 1967
S. Chwastiak, Interim Report on Sizing Asbestos by Screening Dispersed Suspensions, with G. L. Dickson Report on Silica-Treated Asbestos as Papermaking Additives (1967)
Exhibit UC-801 combines three Union Carbide research reports from Niagara Falls. The first, dated June 29, 1967, reports on sizing asbestos by screening dispersed suspensions on fine screens, with a King City mill discussion, screening…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 11, 1955
A. C. Hamstead and L. S. VanDelinder, Final Report on Gasket Materials for Ethylene Oxide-Butanol Process Equipment (1955)
A 1955 final report from the Process Development Laboratory of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company on gasket materials for ethylene oxide-butanol process equipment. It reported that asbestos gaskets slowly deteriorated in the butanol/ethylene oxide…