General Information
The
three main types of asbestos used commercially are:
1. Crocidolite (blue asbestos);
Amphibole group. Banned 1992
2. Amosite (brown asbestos);
Amphibole group. Banned 1992
3. Chrysotile (white asbestos).
Serpentine group. Banned 1999
Other amphiboles often manifest themselves as contaminants.
Fibrous Actinolite, Fibrous Tremolite and Fibrous
Anthrophyllite.
Asbestos has been widely used in the UK since the turn of the
last century. For example, it used
to lag railway carriages, pipe work and boilers, in addition it was used in
a variety of building insulation and household products in the UK. Some 6 million tonnes of asbestos
materials have been imported into the UK since 1880, of which around 4.4
million tonnes have been used in building products such as roofing,
cladding, thermal insulation and fire-resistant internal panelling.
Asbestos fibres have excellent resilience and insulating
properties and as such it was used to make acoustic ceiling tiles and wall
boards. It is found in many other
building materials including decorative coatings such as artex and vinyl
floor tiles. Due to its versatility
it could be applied or utilised by spraying, hand moulding, in preformed
sections or bound with other materials such as in asbestos cement.
Although much of this asbestos-containing material has been
removed over the years there are many thousands of tonnes of asbestos still
present in buildings. It is estimated that over one and a half
million workplace properties currently have some form of asbestos in them.
Applications Why is it Dangerous? Asbestos
related illnesses.
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General Information The
three main types of asbestos used commercially are: 1. Crocidolite (blue asbestos);
Amphibole group. Banned 1992 2. Amosite (brown asbestos);
Amphibole group. Banned 1992 3. Chrysotile (white asbestos).
Serpentine group. Banned 1999 Other amphiboles often manifest themselves as contaminants. Fibrous Actinolite, Fibrous Tremolite and Fibrous
Anthrophyllite. Asbestos has been widely used in the UK since the turn of the
last century. For example, it used
to lag railway carriages, pipe work and boilers, in addition it was used in
a variety of building insulation and household products in the UK. Some 6 million tonnes of asbestos
materials have been imported into the UK since 1880, of which around 4.4
million tonnes have been used in building products such as roofing,
cladding, thermal insulation and fire-resistant internal panelling. Asbestos fibres have excellent resilience and insulating
properties and as such it was used to make acoustic ceiling tiles and wall
boards. It is found in many other
building materials including decorative coatings such as artex and vinyl
floor tiles. Due to its versatility
it could be applied or utilised by spraying, hand moulding, in preformed
sections or bound with other materials such as in asbestos cement. Although much of this asbestos-containing material has been
removed over the years there are many thousands of tonnes of asbestos still
present in buildings. It is estimated that over one and a half
million workplace properties currently have some form of asbestos in them. Applications Why is it Dangerous? Asbestos related illnesses. |
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