11 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 24, 1965
Union Carbide R&D Reports on Asbestos as an Isophorone Catalyst (1965) and as a Papermaking Additive (1967)
Compilation of three Union Carbide research reports. A March 1965 summary report evaluated an asbestos-based catalyst for isophorone production and found it unsuitable for isophorone, with possible use for mesityl oxide. A March 1967 interim…
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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 · 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 · December 19, 1968
S. Chwastiak Project Report on Properties of Colloidal Chrysotile Asbestos from the Coalinga Region of California (1968)
A Business Confidential project report (Project No. 458-N11, supervisor R. E. Byrne) summarizing studies from 1963 to 1968 of the surface and colloidal properties of Coalinga chrysotile asbestos. It covers fibril structure, chemical modification of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 27, 1967
F. H. Thompson to R. G. Woolery on Identification of Asbestos Particles in Paper (1967)
Internal memo reporting a test developed in the paper laboratory to show the distribution of asbestos particles on the surface of cellulosic paper by coating with a vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate polymer solution and heating. It describes six attached…
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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 · March 6, 1968
S. Chwastiak and K. Park, Thickening UCAR Latexes with Asbestos Products (1968)
Laboratory report on thickening UCAR Latexes 360 and 891 with asbestos products R-G144, R-G244 and an anionic asbestos at 1% and 2% addition levels. It reports Brookfield viscosity and flow data, finds R-G244 and anionic asbestos more effective than…
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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 · 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 · 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…