Asbestos
The term asbestos is used for several hydrated silicate minerals that occur in fibrous forms. Since silicates are not flammable and only melt at very high temperatures, asbestos fibers have b...
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Asbestos
Asbestos is a generic term for six naturally-occurring fibrous minerals: chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite. Chrysotile, a fibrous form of serpentine, ...
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Asbestos
Asbestos is a fibrous mineral silicate, occurring in numerous forms, of which amosite [Fe5Mg2(Si8O22)(OH)2] has been shown to cause mesothelioma, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma ...
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Asbestos Removal
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral, used by humans since ancient times but not extensively until the 1940s. After World War II and for the next 30 years, it was widely used as ...
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Asbestos
Asbestos is the general name for a wide variety of silicate minerals, mostly silicates of calcium, magnesium, and iron.
The common characteristics of the silicate minerals collectively known ...
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Asbestos
Asbestos is a mineral rock with a chemical composition of mostly silicon, water, and magnesium. Most asbestos fibers are long, thin, strong, flexible, fireproof, and resistant to chemical att...
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