38 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · January 5, 1972
W. N. Johnson to R. G. Woolery on Following Up by Phone (1972)
A one-page note from W. N. Johnson to R. G. Woolery dated January 5, 1972. It says that, following a telephone conversation, Johnson would be in touch with the recipient on Friday or Monday. The note lists an enclosure, but none is included in the exhibit.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 17, 1972
W. N. Johnson to P. W. McDaniel and Others on the Test Program for Airborne Asbestos (1972)
Memo summarizing arrangements agreed at a January 12 meeting in Niagara for a program to measure airborne asbestos. The program covered a survey of employee exposure at customers' plants near Bartow, Florida, and laboratory tests at Niagara of…
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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 · 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 · 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 20, 1976
T. J. Kagetsu to W. C. Thurber Transmitting J. J. Militello's Design Memo and Cost Estimate for a Wetted Supervisbestos Circuit at King City (1976)
A cover memo from T.J. Kagetsu to W.C. Thurber transmitting a preliminary engineering study for producing "Wetted Supervisbestos" at the King City plant. The attached Design Memo No. 1 by J.J. Militello (August 13, 1976) gives the design criteria,…
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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 · April 11, 1974
G. J. Weihs, Chrysotile Asbestos Markets and Forecasts for Group 7, with W. C. Thurber Cover Note and Related Memos (1974)
…7', March 1974: summary, conclusions, tables and end-use sections Partial Union Carbide internal form (Berkshire Business Forms) with little legible content; apparently not part of the report Commercial Intelligence memo to William Thurber, May 9…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 21, 1977
W. C. Thurber to R. G. Woolery on Silane-Treated RG-244 (1977)
Internal memo from W.C. Thurber to R.G. Woolery asking him to finish work on silane-treated RG-244 using COF-25 as the base material. The work covered viscosity tests at several silane loadings, a stability check, and pressing a patent application.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 2, 1976
J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery on a Wetted Dust-Free Supervisbestos Product and Improved Product Quality (1976)
Internal memo from J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery responding to W. C. Thurber's letters on improving Supervisbestos. It proposes making a dust-free wetted product by blending S V filter cake with dry pellets in the Lancaster mixer, citing Niagara…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 5, 1977
John L. Myers to R. L. Schult, W. C. Thurber and R. G. Woolery Forwarding a Columbia Journalism Review Article on Selikoff, NIOSH and the ANPA (1977)
…paper, cites R. G. Woolery's papers on asbestos in paper-making and Union Carbide's marketing of high-purity asbestos for pitch control, and quotes Myers on when asbestos use in paper began and declined.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 7, 1972
M. A. Peters to W. N. Johnson on Experimental Results for Airborne Asbestos, Part II (1972)
Memorandum from M. A. Peters reporting experimental work on a method of estimating airborne asbestos by measuring magnesium with atomic absorption spectroscopy instead of counting fibers. It covers reagent and filter blanks and air samples from four…
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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 · June 19, 1968
K. Park to R. G. Woolery on Flow Testing of Asbestos Suspensions and Super Visbestos (1968)
Memorandum from K. Park responding to questions in a May 27, 1968 letter from H. M. Wyatt of Montello Inc. to J. E. Skvarla about Super Visbestos. It states that no satisfactory method existed for measuring flow properties of a flocculated pure…
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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…