532 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 19 of 27
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 3, 1962
R. E. Peele to R. J. Sexton, M.D., on Johns Manville "Thermobestos" Insulation Block Dust Hazard at Institute Plant (1962)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the Institute Plant industrial hygienist to the plant's medical director about Johns Manville "Thermobestos" insulation blocks. It recounts two 1962 industrial hygiene reports on dust released when the blocks were…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 6, 1963
Chas. E. Hodges to D. B. Benedict Transmitting L. S. VanDelinder's Memorandum on Use of Plastics in Chemical Process Applications (1963)
Cover letter from Chas. E. Hodges to D. B. Benedict forwarding a memorandum by L. S. VanDelinder of the Materials of Construction Group, dated April 18, 1963, on the use of plastics as materials of construction within the Chemicals Company. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 30, 1967
Thomas J. Hall to F. Dexter on U.K. Asbestos Toxicology Work and a Request to Publish Data (1967)
…work, and that a copy of the handwritten report was enclosed. He also relayed a request for permission to publish Union Carbide's data and asked for comments. A handwritten note in the margin was added…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 17, 1963
N. H. Ketcham to A. P. Moss Requesting an Industrial Hygienist for the Texas Plants, with Plant Manager Replies (1963-1964)
N. H. Ketcham's December 17, 1963 letter and attached memorandum asked A. P. Moss to approve hiring an industrial hygienist for the three Texas plants (Texas City, Seadrift, Brownsville). The letter covers hearing impairment from plant noise,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 29, 1963
Letter to Ralph Sarla Reporting Particle Counts from Air Samples at the Sterling Forest Asbestos Development Facility (1963)
Letter dated July 29, 1963, to Ralph Sarla, with copies to C. E. Brown, K. W. Lentz and Dr. Nale. It reports particle counts (MPPCF) for air samples taken at the Sterling Forest asbestos development facility, at the mezzanine above the bagger and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1963
R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Survey of Insulation Block Dust at the Construction Insulation Shop, Institute Plant (1963)
A 23 October 1963 cover memo from the Institute Plant medical director transmits Industrial Hygiene Survey Report 63-IH-3-G-1 on dust from fabricating Thermobestos, Kaylo and Carey-Temp insulation blocks with band saws. The report gives sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1963
Industrial Hygiene Survey of Dust Exposures in the Construction Insulation Shop, Building 512-2018, Report 63-IH-3-G-1 (1963)
Industrial hygiene survey report on atmospheric dust measured while band saws fabricated "Kaylo", "Thermobestos" and "Carey-Temp" insulation blocks in the Construction Insulation Shop. It describes sampling on 24 Jan, 25-26 Feb and 6 Mar 1963, gives…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 3, 1962
Robert E. Peele to R. J. Sexton, M.D., on Johns Manville "Thermobestos" Insulation Block Dust Hazard (1962)
Internal correspondence from the Institute Plant industrial hygienist to the plant's medical department. It reviews two 1962 industrial hygiene reports on dust released when Johns Manville "Thermobestos" insulation blocks were cut with band saws in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 10, 1960
Lyman A. Bliss to Asbestos Project Committee Members on Deferring a Commercial Plant and Proceeding with a Coalinga Pilot Plant (1960)
Letter to a committee of company officers about the construction budget request for Project N-42, a short fiber asbestos mine and plant in California. It proposed deferring a commercial plant and instead building a pilot plant in Coalinga, with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 10, 1960
L. P. Twichell to T. S. Ary and Others: Asbestos Project Status Report for April 1960, with Minutes of the May 4-5, 1960 Tuxedo Meeting
Monthly status report on the Union Carbide Nuclear Company asbestos project for April 1960, covering the Coalinga property and drilling, Tuxedo pilot plant process work, vinyl tile formulations using UCNC asbestos, pilot plant cost estimates, sales…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1968
L. S. VanDelinder to J. J. Dlugos, Jr. on Johns-Manville-61 Asbestos Gasket Material (1968)
…results of an analysis of a piece of Johns-Manville No. 61 asbestos gasketing material submitted for comparison with Union Carbide's standard asbestos gasket products. It reports the sample contained 22% Buna-S elastomer binder…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 13, 1962
G. S. Jordan and N. J. Setter, Research Report No. 39: Development of New Building and Pipe Materials from Coalinga Fiber (1962)
A 1962 research report on a development program to make building and pipe materials from Coalinga chrysotile fiber reacted with phosphoric acid (P-38) and with phenolic resin. It covers fiber properties, mixing, extrusion, calendering and curing,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1963
R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Survey of Insulation Block Dust in the Construction Insulation Shop, Institute Plant (1963)
A cover memo from the Institute Plant medical director to Industrial Relations, with copies to about a dozen others, transmitting Industrial Hygiene Survey Report 63-IH-3-G-1. The report evaluated dust from band-saw fabrication of "Thermobestos",…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 2, 1964
Failure of Spiral Wound Gaskets in the H Gas Unit, Letter to D. A. Bernard, Brownsville Plant (1964)
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…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1962
R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno on Johns Manville Thermobestos Insulation Block Dust Survey, with R. E. Peele Report (1962)
A 4 December 1962 cover memo from the Institute Plant medical director to Industrial Relations, with an enclosed 3 December 1962 memo from the plant industrial hygienist and attached Johns Manville test pages. The memos discuss dust surveys of Johns…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 8, 1963
E. G. Caflisch to Dr. F. L. Steahly on Visit by Norman Setter to Discuss Coalinga Asbestos (1963)
Memorandum reporting an April 3, 1963 visit by Norman Setter of Union Carbide Nuclear Company to discuss using light-colored prepolymers as binders for Coalinga asbestos. It covers sample shipments, suggested strength tests, a market survey…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1962
R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno on Insulation Block Dust Survey at the Construction Insulation Shop, Plant 511, and Johns Manville's Invitation (1962)
…E. Peele and to Johns Manville's interest in having Union Carbide's Construction Department use its "Thermobestos" blocks. Sexton recommended continuing surveys with limitations on samples of new-formula blocks and said he opposed Peele…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 8, 1963
C. W. McGary, P. L. Smith and L. C. Shriver, Status Report on Chemical Reactions of Asbestos for Asbestos Reinforced Resins (1963)
A formal status report under the New Enterprises program, Asbestos Reinforced Resins, on laboratory studies of chemical modification of chrysotile asbestos (processed by the Nuclear Company). It reports reactions with hydrochloric acid, maleic…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 12, 1960
Sales Development Status Report on Asbestos Markets, to L. A. Bliss (1960)
Internal correspondence from Sales Development to L. A. Bliss, with copies to eleven others, giving a status report on prospective asbestos markets for Coalinga fiber. It covers vinyl tile development work at Bound Brook, customer evaluation,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 26, 1964
W. H. Dresher to Dr. Henry Chitwood on Asbestos as an Oxidation Catalyst in Sewage Treatment, with Enclosed Report (1964)
…which W. H. Dresher told Henry Chitwood of experiments in which Union Carbide's asbestos catalyzed oxidation of potassium iodide and appeared to improve activated sludge sewage plants. He enclosed a report dated May 15, 1964…