Process destroys asbestos installed fireproofing

Chemical Engineering Progress | January 1, 1998| | Copyright

W. R. Grace & Co., Boca Raton, FL, and the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, have developed a process capable of destroying asbestos in installed fireproofing without diminishing the existing fire-resistive performance of the fireproofing material on columns and beams.

The new technique, developed as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), uses a foamy solution sprayed directly onto asbestos-containing fireproofing. The foam chemically digests asbestos fibers, dissolving them into harmless minerals. When the treatment is ...

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