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Actinolite	Type of amphibole asbestos. Chemical formula: Ca²(Fe²+Mg)5Si8O22(OH)2
Adhesives	n/a
Air conditioning duct insulation	n/a
Air conditioning gussets	Made from woven chrysotile.
Amosite	Type of amphibole asbestos. Commonly known as brown asbestos. Discovered in Transvaal, South Africa. The word amosite coined from "Asbestos Mines of South Africa" from the Amosa mine. Pale brown needle like fibres. Chemical formula: (Fe²+Mg)5Si8O22(OH)2
Amphibole	Group of minerals to which amosite, crocidolite, actinolite, tremolite and anthophyllite belong.
Anthophyllite	Type of amphibole asbestos. Chemical formula: (MgFe²+)7Si8O22(OH)2
Aprons	Made from woven chrysotile.
Arc shields	Found on electrical switchboards. Made from moulded asbestos cement sheet. Also known as flash boards
Artificial snow	n/a
Asbestos	Collective term given to a group of naturally occurring fibrous or "asbestiform" varieties of a number of silicate minerals.
Asbestosis	Scarring of the lung tissue caused by excessive exposure to asbestos.
Automotive body underseal	n/a
Bituminous membranes	Used as water proofing on rooftops and floors. Usually contains chrysotile, but sometimes amosite or crocidolite.
Blackboards	Blackboards were made from asbestos cement sheet.
Blankets	Made from woven chrysotile or crocidolite, often containing internal loose fill asbestos insulation. Used for thermal insulation/protection of steam pipe valves/flanges and as fire insulation in penetrations.
Blue asbestos	See crocidolite
Boiler insulation	n/a
Braid	Made from woven chrysotile.
Brake linings	Resin impregnated asbestos braid used on all vehicles, lifts, industrial lifting equipment etc.
Brown asbestos	See amosite
Cable sheaths	Woven chryotile sheath around cables for heat protection of internal electrical insulation.
Calorifier insulation	n/a
Cement sheet	Older asbestos cement sheet contained chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite. Use of crocidolite ceased in the late 1960's. Later cement sheet products contained only chrysotile until its use ceased in the early 1980's. Wide range of applications including: eaves, roofing sheets and shingles, external and internal wall cladding, ceilings, underlays, guttering, downpipes, flues, fences, ceramic tile backing, fish ponds, planter boxes and pots, phone box tops, switchboard linings, fire places, shower recesses, etc.
Chrysotile	Commonly known as white asbestos. White, soft, curly fibres. Fibre bundles have splayed ends and kinks. Chemical formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4.
Cinema screens	Made from woven chrysotile.
Clutch linings	Resin impregnated asbestos braid.
Cooling towers	Outer cladding and internal filler from asbestos cement sheet or internal plastic filler containing asbestos.
Crocidolite	Type of amphibole asbestos. Commonly known as blue asbestos. Chemical formula: Na²(Fe²+Mg)3Fe³+Si8O22(OH)2
Curtains	Made from woven chrysotile.
Durabestos	Asbestos cement sheet manufactured by Wunderlich in Australia
Electrical applicances	Insulations of various appliances including irons, hair dryers, TV sets, projectors etc
Electrical conduits	Moulded asbestos cement sheet.
Exhaust pipe insulation	n/a
Fibre	When dealing with asbestos, a fibre is defined as a particle with a length greater than 5 micron, width less than 3 micron and with a length:width ratio of greater than 3:1.
Fibrolite	Asbestos cement sheet manufactured by Hardie in Australia.
Filter materials	Used on the beverage and food manufacturing industries for product filtering.
Fire blankets	Made from woven chrysotile.
Fire curtains	Made from woven chrysotile, used for fire protection in theatres between the stage and seating area.
Fire door insulation	Central core of doors, generally containing an amosite and chrysotile composite material. Some hollow metal doors internally lines with millboard.
Fire stop insulation	Either a woven asbestos bag containing loose fill asbestos insulation or a composite asbestos mix, used to fire proof penetrations.
Fishponds	Constructed from moulded asbestos cement sheet.
Flowerpots	Constructed from moulded asbestos cement sheet.
Flues	Asbestos cement flues on heaters, hot water services, sanitary napkin incinerettes.
Fume hoods	Walls, benchtop and/or baffle plates made from asbestos cement sheet.
Fuse blankets	Small pieces of woven asbestos braid used to stop arcing in high voltage ceramic fuse blocks.
Galbestos	Galvanised iron sheets with a coating of chrysotile on each site, covered by a coating of paint or bitumen. Available in flat, corrugated and other profiles.
Gaskets	n/a
Gauss mats	Asbestos impregnated wire mats used in laboratory applications
Gloves	Made from woven chrysotile.
Hats	Made from woven chrysotile.
Heat bank insulation.	Amosite insulation blocks used in some brands of heat banks up until about 1976.
Ironing board covers	Made from woven asbestos.
Latency period	The period of time which passes between initially being exposed to airborne asbestos fibre and the disease being diagnosed. Depending upon the asbestos type and magnitude of exposure, the latency period can range from between 10 and 40 years.
Laboratory benchtops	Made from compressed asbestos cement sheet.
Laboratory mats	Commonly found in school laboratories under Bunsen burners. Made from asbestos cement sheet.
Laminates	Containing chrysotile, generally used in high temperature applications.
Lift doors	Internal core often containing asbestos insulation.
Limpet	"Limpet" asbestos is a trade name used by J. W. Roberts Limited to market sprayed asbestos. Limpet was used for fire protection, thermal insulation, condensation control and acoustic insulation.
Lung cancer	Cancer caused by excessive exposure to asbestos. Similar to that associated with tobacco smoking.
Macrophage	n/a
Marinite	A fire rated asbestos board used in ship building.
Matresses	Made from woven chrysotile, often with internal loose fill asbestos material.
Membrane filter method	Technique used to assess the airborne concentration of asbestos fibre. Involves drawing air through a membrane filter, with analysis being performed by phase contrast microscopy.
Millboard	A soft asbestos cardboard like material. Normally containing chrysotile, but occasionally contains amosite and crocidolite. Many uses as a thermal insulator.
Monocote	Sprayed insulation containing a small percentage of chrysotile.
Mortar	n/a
Neg air unit	Negative air unit used to maintain asbestos removal enclosures under negative pressure.
One fibre theory	Theory that only one inhaled asbestos fibre can cause mesothelioma.
Oven insulation	n/a
Paints	n/a
Phase contrast microscopy	Technique used for the analysis of airborne asbestos fibre.
Pipe insulation	Provide thermal insulation to steam and hot water pipes. The most commonly encountered insulation installed as preformed sections containing amosite (brown asbestos), with an external cladding of calico or metal sheathing. Small diameter pipes may also be insulated by wrapping strips of flexible asbestos containing board.
Pipes	Asbestos cement pipes used for fresh water supply, storm-water and sewerage systems.
Polarised light microscopy	Microscopic technique used for the confirmation of asbestos content and type within bulk samples.
Plaster cornice adhesive	Mostly contained chrysotile, but sometimes amosite.
Plastics	Asbestos was incorporated as a filler material in many common plastic polymers such as PVC, polypropylene and nylon.
Plural plaques	n/a
Re-heat box insulation	n/a
Removal	Removal of asbestos containing materials
Render	n/a
Road way pits	Constructed of moulded asbestos cement.
Rope	Generally made from chrysotile, but sometimes crocidolite. May also contain amosite
Proximity suits	Woven chrysotile full body suits used by fire fighters. The more modern suits are internally lines with non-asbestos fabric, with the external surface sealed with an aluminium coating to assist in reflection heat.
Quasi-arc rods	Welding rods wrapped in asbestos string.
Roadway surfaces	n/a
Shadowline	Moulded asbestos cement sheeting
Seals	n/a
Serpentine	Group of minerals to which chrysotile asbestos belongs.
Shotgun shell wads	n/a
Socks	Made from woven chrysotile. Reported to cure corns and bunions.
Spackle	Asbestos present mainly in the top-coat.
Steriliser insulation	n/a
String	n/a
Switchboards	Older black electrical switchboards manufactured from coal tar pitch and asbestos (usually chysotile). Brand names include "zelemite" and "miscolite"
Sprayed insulation	See "Limpet"
Steam engine insulation	n/a
Super Six	Corrugated asbestos cement sheet.
Talc	Asbestos (usually tremoliteor anthophyllite) can be found as a natural contaminant in talc.
Tasbestos	Asbestos cement sheet manufactured by Goliath Portland Cement Co. in Australia.
Telecommunications pits	Underground pits made from moulded asbestos cement sheet.
Telephone boxes	The dome top on the old red phone boxes was made from moulded asbestos cement sheet.
Textiles	Various products made from woven chrysotile or crocidolite.
Tilux	Laminated flat asbestos cement sheet with various decorative pattern designs. General used in wet areas such as shower recesses, bathrooms and kitchens.
Tremolite	Type of amphibole asbestos. Chemical formula: Ca²Mg⁵Si8O22(OH)2
Underlays	Asbestos millboard or cement sheet used as underlays to vinyl flooring and cement sheet used as underlay to ceramic floor tiles.
Valve packing	n/a
Vermiculite	Asbestos (usually tremolite) can be found as a natural contaminant in vermiculite.
Vinyl floor tiles	Chrysotile asbestos used in vinyl tiles until about 1985. Older tiles contained up to 28% asbestos, while the 1980's vintage tiles still contained 8% asbestos.
Vinyl floor sheeting	Asbestos millboard/paper sheeting used as backing to upper layer of non asbestos vinyl sheeting.
Welding blankets	Made from woven chrysotile.
Welding rods	Welding rods were wrapped with asbestos string. Chrysotile and/or crocidolite.
White asbestos	See chrysotile
Wittenoom	Location of a crocidolite mine in the Hammersley Ranges, Western Australia. Deposit was first discovered by Lang Hancock and later exploited by subsidiary companies to CSR.
X-ray diffraction	Laboratory technique used for the identification of asbestos in bulk samples. Usually used as a means of confirming analysis by polarised light microscopy.
Zelemite	See switchboards