Accession Number:
ADA093093
Title:
Characterization of Asbestos Construction Products at Naval Shore Facilities.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Oct 78-Jan 80,
Corporate Author:
CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB (NAVY) PORT HUENEME CA
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1980-05-01
Pagination or Media Count:
22.0
Abstract:
The potential health hazards to personnel from exposure to airborne asbestos fiber and the wide variety of asbestos-containing products used at Navy facilities prompted the Naval Facilities Engineering Command to task the Civil Engineering Laboratory to develop an inventory of and to characterize asbestos-containing construction materials. Two categories of asbestos-containing construction materials have been identified as potential asbestos fiber releasing threats friable insulating products and woven products and nonfriable matrix-bonded composite products. This document takes a general and overall look at asbestos-related health concerns, asbestos fiber characteristics and applications, bulk materialanalysis, suitable substitutes, and regulations applicable to asbestos exposure. Author
Descriptors:
- *ASBESTOS
- *CIVIL ENGINEERING
- *INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
- *INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
- MEASUREMENT
- AIR POLLUTION
- NAVAL PERSONNEL
- COMPOSITE MATERIALS
- INSULATION
- X RAY DIFFRACTION
- MICROSCOPY
- SAFETY
- CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION)
- EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY)
- NAVAL SHORE FACILITIES
- REGULATIONS
- HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
- CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
- PETROGRAPHY
- OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
Subject Categories:
- Hygiene and Sanitation
- Air Pollution and Control
- Environmental Health and Safety