Handbook of Reinforced Plastics of the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc

by Samuel S. Oleesky, Consultant for Reinforced Plastics
and by J. Gilbert Mohr, Johns-Manville Fiber Glass Division

Copyright 1964

Hardcover, approx. 10" x 7", 640 pages.

CONDITION: Acceptable. Minor cover wear. Foxing to top page edges. Ink mark to bottom page edges. Occasional mark to pages.

ASBESTOS REFERENCES:

There is a chapter entitled Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics. This section is about 12 pages in length. Some of the topics covered include:
Typical Asbestos Properties or Requirements
Typical Asbestos-Plastics Products
Origin of Asbestos
Mining, Milling, Grading
Fiber Characteristics & Properties
Chrysotile
Crocidolite, or "blue asbestos"
Amosite
Properties of Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics
Missiles, Aircraft, Rocket and Space Vehicle Applications
Electrical Applications
Asbestos in Premix Molding Compounds
General Industrial Applications

There is also a couple of paragraphs on asbestos in the Hygiene and Safety for Personnel chapter.  It says that asbestos dust may cause pulmonary fibrosis, termed asbestosis.  It also states the maximum permissible limit for asbestos dust in the working environment is 5 million particles of dust per cubit foot of air for an eight-hour daily exposure.

There is also a paragraph on the dangers of Silica. It says, "Silica produces a massive invasion of pulmonary tissue after prolonged inhalation, resulting in a fibrotic disease termed silicosis."

Handbook of Reinforced Plastics
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