91 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 2 of 5
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1956
W. J. Frissell, Effect of Fillers in Polyethylene, Bakelite Company reprint from Plastics Technology (1956)
Reprint of an article from Plastics Technology (November 1956) reporting a laboratory study of the effects of 26 fillers, including asbestos fibers and asbestos shorts, on the physical properties of Bakelite polyethylene resin DYNH. It presents test…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1959
D. V. Rosato, 'Asbestos: Its Industrial Applications' (Reinhold, 1959), Excerpts with Bibliography and Index
…book on industrial uses of asbestos by D. V. Rosato, with a Union Carbide Research Department library stamp dated April 5, 1963. Sent pages include the title page, the introduction and chapters on the properties of…
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Magazine · Industrial Hygiene Digest · 1957
Industrial Hygiene Digest, 1957
…issue June 1957 June 1957 (Vol. 21, No. 6) Industrial Health News Mellon Institute to Erect Chemical Hygiene Building (Union Carbide Chemicals Company fellowship) June 1957 June 1957 (Vol. 21, No. 6) Public Health Agency for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1955
R. B. Seymour and R. H. Steiner, Plastics for Corrosion-Resistant Applications (1955), Excerpt
Excerpt from the 1955 book Plastics for Corrosion-Resistant Applications, published by Reinhold. It includes the title page, copyright page and dedication, acknowledgments, tables of contents, and parts of Section I (general information on plastics)…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1951
M. S. Badollet, 'Asbestos, A Mineral of Unparalleled Properties' (Johns-Manville, 1951)
A 1951 technical paper by M. S. Badollet of Johns-Manville's Research Center on the physical and chemical properties of commercial asbestos fibres (actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite). It presents tables and test…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1950
M. S. Badollet, "Processing Asbestos Fibres: Effects Upon Physical Properties" (1950)
Technical paper presented at the 1950 Annual General Meeting in Toronto. It reports tests of how repeated willowing changes the length, fines, buoyancy, density, surface area and filterability of African Blue, Rhodesian, and Canadian semi-harsh,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1955
M. S. Badollet and W. C. Streib, "Heat Treatment of Chrysotile Asbestos Fibres" (1955)
Paper presented at an Annual General Meeting in Toronto in 1955 and printed in the Transactions. It describes a commercial flash-heating method that partially dehydrates soft chrysotile asbestos fibres to give them the texture and filtering…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1951
Graham Lee Moses, Electrical Insulation: Its Application to Shipboard Electrical Equipment, Excerpts on Varnishes and Navy Insulating Materials Stock List (1951)
Excerpts from a 1951 McGraw-Hill book on electrical insulation for shipboard equipment: a title page, pages from Chapter 2 on varnishes, resins and insulating compounds, and pages from Appendix I, a stock list of Navy electrical insulating…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1953
M. S. Badollet, "Asbestos Fibres: Production and Usage", Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Transactions (1953)
A two-page published paper, presented at the 1953 annual general meeting in Edmonton, on world asbestos fibre production in 1952 and its industrial uses. It covers chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite, including U.S. import quantities, how…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 22, 1959
Union Carbide Nuclear Co. Sales Development to L. A. Bliss: Asbestos Markets Status Report, with Status Report, Freight Rates, Customer Lists and Canadian Johns-Manville Price List (1959)
A December 1959 internal Union Carbide Nuclear Company letter to L. A. Bliss summarizes market contacts with asbestos users and a proposed sampling and evaluation timetable for short-fiber asbestos from Coalinga, with emphasis on vinyl…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 15, 1959
T. J. Hall to Dr. A. E. Pufahl on West Coast Asbestos Markets and Customer Calls (1959)
Sales Development memo reporting calls made June 1 to 9, 1959 on West Coast asbestos consumers to gauge market size and the grades used. It tabulates each customer's annual tonnage by grade, then gives individual interview notes on Armstrong Cork,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 15, 1959
T. J. Hall to A. E. Pufahl and Others on West Coast Asbestos Markets (1959)
Sales Development memo reporting calls made June 1-9, 1959 on West Coast asbestos consumers to gauge market size and grades used. It tabulates each customer's annual tonnage by grade and gives interview comments on each, including their interest in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 1, 1957
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company, Texas City Maintenance Department Safe Practices Manual (1957)
Excerpt of a 1957 Maintenance Department safe practices manual from the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company plant in Texas City, Texas. It includes the cover, table of contents, plant safety rules, and the start of the…
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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…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 26, 1951
Singer American Meter Division Material Specifications, Section 24, Listing Phenolic-Asbestos Filled Valve Material from Niagara Insul-Bake (1951)
…spec no. 7620) listing plastics and their vendors and uses in water meters and related parts. Spec 7621 is a phenolic-asbestos filled valve material from Niagara Insul-Bake (Union Carbide Plastics Co.), #BMG-5418, used…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 8, 1956
A. C. Hamstead to G. L. Lansdale on Ketones and Materials of Construction, Including Asbestos Gaskets (1956)
Letter-style memo from the Development Department replying to an advertising department note of May 3 about piping and gasket materials for handling ketones. It says asbestos and rubber-type gasket and packing materials are suitable for most…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 16, 1955
R. K. Wilson to J. C. Malone on the Scope of the Ethylene Oxide Protective Program at the Institute Plant (1955)
Internal letter-memo describing a five-part protective program for ethylene oxide units at the Institute, West Virginia plant. The program covered eliminating asbestos (chiefly gaskets) from contact with ethylene oxide, cleaning equipment,…
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Patent · May 6, 1958
Water-repellent asbestos-cement structural articles and method of making (US Patent 2,833,673, 1958)
…1954. It was assigned to Union Carbide Corp. The patent's description opens (from the scanned text): The invention is concerned with the provision of durable weather-resistant asbestos-cement structural articles, and more particularly it…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 9, 1953
Lummus Company Specification for Hot and Cold Insulation (Item L, Job 3215, Allethrin Plant) (1953)
…Unibestos pipe insulation on hot service and Foamglas on cold service, and includes thickness tables, equipment lists and two steam-tracing drawings. The drawing title blocks name an Allethrin Plant and Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 17, 1958
A. J. Lanza to Emery R. Hayhurst on Silicosis Among West Virginia Tunnel Workers (1958)
Letter from A. J. Lanza, Assistant Medical Director, to Dr. Emery R. Hayhurst, a consulting hygienist in Columbus, Ohio. Lanza acknowledges Hayhurst's April 12 letter and promises a copy of his paper when ready. He then asks whether anything is…