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Usage

Uses

Used in Construction Industry:
TREMOLITE-ACTINOLITE is used as a construction material for its strength, durability, and heat resistance properties. It is commonly used in the production of asbestos cement, roofing, and insulation materials.
Used in Fireproofing Applications:
Due to its incombustible nature, TREMOLITE-ACTINOLITE is used as a fireproofing agent in various industries, including construction, aerospace, and automotive. It is used to create fire-resistant coatings, gaskets, and seals.
Used in Chemical Filtration:
TREMOLITE-ACTINOLITE is used as a filtration medium in chemical processes due to its fibrous structure and ability to separate particles from liquids or gases.
Used in Chrysotile Production:
Chrysotile, a fibrous form of serpentine, is a widely used type of asbestos. TREMOLITE-ACTINOLITE can be used as a raw material in the production of chrysotile asbestos.

Safety Profile

Confirmed human carcinogen with experimental tumorigenic and neoplastigenic data.

Potential Exposure

Most asbestos is used in the construction industry. Much of it is firmly bonded, i.e., the asbestos is “locked in” in such products as floor tiles, asbestos cements, and roofing felts, and shingles; while the remaining 8% is friable or in powder forms present in insulation materials, asbestos cement powders, and acoustical products. As expected, these latter materials generate more airborne fibers than the firmly bonded products. The asbestos used in nonconstruction industries is utilized in such products as textiles; friction material including brake linings and clutch facings; paper, paints, plastics, roof coatings; floor tiles, and miscellaneous other products. Significant quantities of asbestos fibers appear in rivers and streams draining from areas where asbestos-rock outcroppings are found. Some of these outcroppings are being mined. Asbestos fibers have been found in a number of drinking water supplies, but the health implications of ingesting asbestos are not fully documented. Emissions of asbestos fibers into water and air are known to result from mining and processing of some minerals. Exposure to asbestos fibers may occur throughout urban environments perhaps resulting from asbestos from brake linings and the flaking of sprayed asbestos insulation material. In recent years, much effort has been put into removal of asbestos insulation, particularly from schools and other public buildings where worn or exposed asbestos causes public exposure. Incompatibilities: None

Shipping

UN2212 Blue asbestos (Crocidolite) or Brown asbestos (amosite, mysorite), Hazard class: 9; Labels: 9-Miscellaneous hazardous material. UN2590 White asbestos (chrysotile, actinolite, anthophyllite, tremolite), Hazard class: 9; Labels: 9-Miscellaneous hazardous material.

Waste Disposal

Asbestos may be recovered from waste asbestos slurries as an alternative to disposal. Landfilling is an option for disposal if carefully controlled.