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Gasification Archive for February 2001
179 messages, last added Tue Nov 26 17:17:37 2002

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Re: Insulation Tests II, Light weight fill



Dear Jerry and all...

You said "vermiculite contains asbestos fibers".  

As far as I know vermiculite is made from mica and has nothing to do with
asbestos.  Source?

Tom Reed

In a message dated 2/22/01 3:22:32 PM Mountain Standard Time,
midwestmonolithic@hotmail.com writes:



What about using vermiculite in place of sawdust.  It's a great insulator
and I have used it as such but in a different and less heat intensive
application.  BEWARE vermiculite constains asbestos fibers.  J





>From: Reedtb2@cs.com