588 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 14 of 30
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1969
R. G. Woolery to R. W. Rebholz on Asbestos R&D Costs and Sales by Market (1969)
Internal letter from the Research and Development Department to R. W. Rebholz, with a copy to L. P. Twichell, reviewing asbestos R&D spending against sales in four categories: paper additives, flooring, export and new applications. It reports…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 9, 1967
R. G. Woolery to Distribution List: Asbestos Research & Development Monthly Summary Report for May 1967 (1967)
Cover memo and monthly summary of Asbestos Research & Development work for May 1967, sent from Niagara Falls. It reports on pulp and paper mill trials, Asbestos "T" (asbestos-titanium dioxide) products made at the King City mill, plastics…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 7, 1967
C. U. Dernehl to T. J. Hall on the Sayers Report and Animal Injection Tests of Calidria Coalinga Fiber (1967)
Letter from Union Carbide's Associate Medical Director to Dr. T. J. Hall in Geneva reviewing the report "Asbestos as a Health Hazard in the United Kingdom" by I. C. Sayers, which he found reasonably accurate…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1964
A. W. Naumann and W. H. Dresher, Research Report No. 61: Physical Properties of Coalinga Asbestos, I. Morphology as Inferred from Nitrogen Adsorption Data (1964)
A 1964 Union Carbide Nuclear Division research report presenting nitrogen-adsorption surface-area measurements on Coalinga chrysotile asbestos (flake, bladed, serpentinite, cross-fiber, and pilot-plant products) compared with Canadian and Stragari (Serbia) chrysotile. It reports…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 9, 1967
W. P. Mulvaney and L. M. Robeson Project Report on Polysulfone-Chrysotile R-G 144 Asbestos Composites (1967)
Project report (No. 816-56, File No. 1064, supervisor J. A. Faucher) on compounding Coalinga chrysotile asbestos (R-G 144) into polysulfone at 1% to 25% loadings. It reports tensile, modulus, impact, heat distortion, stress-crack and fatigue test…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 13, 1964
J. L. M. to General Managers, Operations, R & D and Technology Managers Transmitting 'Toxicology of Chemical Products - Responsibilities and Procedures' (1964)
A cover memo dated March 13, 1964 transmits an attached memorandum on responsibilities and procedures for obtaining and applying toxicological information on Chemicals Division products. The attached memorandum covers range-finding toxicity tests…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 14, 1969
Calidria R-G 110 Asbestos in Polyester Premixes: Comparative Cost and Performance Data (1969)
An eight-page Union Carbide 'Performance Data' brochure for Calidria R-G 110 asbestos in polyester premix molding compounds. It describes test procedures and tables of physical properties and raw-material costs against Canadian 7TF8 asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1969
Calidria Resin-Grade 144 Asbestos Product Brochure with January 1971 RG-144 Price List (1969)
Union Carbide sales brochure for Calidria Resin-Grade 144 asbestos, described as a thickening agent and thixotrope for epoxy resin systems. It gives typical physical properties, viscosity charts, test tables with BAKELITE epoxy resins and amine…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 20, 1967
F. D. Dexter to T. F. Frangos on Responding to Tom Hall's Letters About Asbestos T in Europe (1967)
Internal memo suggesting how to answer two letters from Tom Hall dated 5 and 13 September. It covers price, a '68 plan, the problems of selling Asbestos T in Europe and the possibility of making "T" there, and continued contact with the Importers Committee.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 3, 1968
D. S. Kamens to Paul W. McDaniel Transmitting June Water Investigations and July 2, 1968 Dust Count Report (1968)
Internal letter dated July 3, 1968 from D. S. Kamens to Paul W. McDaniel of the UCC Medical Department enclosing June water investigations and a report of a July 2, 1968 dust count. The enclosed Report of Dust Particle Analysis lists sample results…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1969
L. P. Jehle to R. D. Bower Recommending Sale of the Asbestos Business and King City Plant (1969)
Confidential memo stating that the writer concluded Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics should not continue trying to develop its asbestos business. It asks Bower to seek Operating Committee I and General Operating Committee approval to sell…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 27, 1969
D. H. Reed Technical Service Report on UCAR Latex VCX-3000 in Wet-Mix Tape Joint Compounds, with Suggested Formulation Including Calidria SG-210 Asbestos (1969)
A Union Carbide technical service report by D. H. Reed on using UCAR Latex VCX-3000 in wet-mix tape joint compounds to eliminate low-temperature adhesion problems. The exhibit includes the cover page and a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 22, 1966
A. E. Pufahl to Sales and Technical Staff on Asbestos Toxicology and Press Coverage of Mt. Sinai Asbestos Research (1966)
…Dr. Dernehl's Asbestos Toxicology Report, to promote Union Carbide pellets as a low-dust way to handle asbestos, and to state that no work had presented incontrovertible proof of a relationship between cancer and asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 3, 1968
R. E. Joyner, M.D. to Walt Morrison (Seadrift Plant) on Asbestos Health Hazard, Exposure Limit and Respirators (1968)
Internal correspondence from Dr. R. E. Joyner to Walt Morrison at the Seadrift Plant responding to questions about asbestos. It states that asbestos can cause lung fibrosis, gives a recommended maximum airborne level and medical follow-up for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 25, 1968
B. L. Ingalls and M. S. Kisiel, Rheological Properties Contributed by R-G244 Asbestos in Vistron Polyester-Base Resin J-379B, Report for Vistron Corp. (1968)
Union Carbide laboratory report (Project No. 452-N14, Group Manager W. L. Carrick) prepared for Vistron Corp.'s Silmar Division. It examines poor viscosity stability of R-G244 asbestos in Vistron's polyester-base resin J…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 3, 1965
F. A. Mumpton and C. S. Thompson, Mineralogy of the Coalinga Asbestos Deposit, Research Report No. 65-50 (1965)
Research Report No. 65-50 summarizes a four-year mineralogical study of the Coalinga asbestos deposit and the New Idria serpentinite body. It covers asbestos nomenclature, the deposit's history and geology, the mineralogy of the fresh ore, and the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 21, 1965
E. F. Cox and W. C. Kuryla Status Report on Powdered Asbestos as a Rigid Foam Filler (1965)
A 1965 status report on exploratory work using powdered chrysotile asbestos (High Purity No. 7 Grade, supplied by the Mining and Metals Division) as a filler in NIAX T-248/T-600 rigid polyurethane foam. It reports no improvement in foam properties…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1969
D. E. Gould to R. G. Koehler, N. J. Setter and K. West on King City Asbestos Multiwall Bag Specification and Warning Label (1969)
Internal correspondence from Physical Distribution - Group I circulating draft multiwall bag specifications for King City asbestos for comment before inclusion in the Group I Package Specification Book. It states that all bags must carry the warning…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 4, 1968
D. Varoli to F. D. Dexter on Carve-Out Transaction, with Attached Workshop Presentation on Divesting the Asbestos Business (1968)
A one-page internal memo from D. Varoli to F. D. Dexter explains how a "carve-out" (selling next year's production in advance) works and why it is undesirable if the business is to be sold. It is followed by an undated, unsigned workshop talk and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 17, 1963
Memorandum on Noise and Other Industrial Hygiene Problems at the Seadrift, Texas City and Brownsville Plants (1963)
A 1963 memorandum in two parts. Part A discusses noise exposure and hearing impairment at the Seadrift, Texas City and Brownsville plants and the California noise-control law, and recommends voluntary compliance supported by an industrial hygienist.…