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  2. Asbestos abatement - Wikipedia

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    In construction, asbestos abatement is a set of procedures designed to control the release of asbestos fibers from asbestos-containing materials. [1] Asbestos abatement is utilized during general construction in areas containing asbestos materials, particularly when those materials are being removed, encapsulated, or repaired.

  3. Flame spread - Wikipedia

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    The Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) [5] and Section 803.1 of the International Building Code limit finishes for interior walls and ceilings to materials in three classes (A, B, or C, with A being the lowest flame spread and C being the highest) and gives greater restrictions for certain rooms:

  4. Steiner tunnel test - Wikipedia

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    Both indices use an arbitrary scale in which asbestos-cement board has a value of 0, and red oak wood has 100. [1] The tunnel test does not measure the ignitability of materials, nor does it properly assess the behavior of thermoplastic materials which may tend to melt and drip from the assembly, or for materials with slow flame spread properties.

  5. Whitewash - Wikipedia

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    In Poland painting the whole trunk is also said [citation needed] to help keep the body of the tree cool in late winter and early spring months and hence help prevent fruit trees from blooming too soon, i.e. when warm sunny days could promote rapid tree warming, rising sap and bloom and intermittent frosty nights could damage outer tree rings ...

  6. Parks, schools shut in California after asbestos found in ...

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    Parks and schools were closed Thursday in a Southern California city after officials found asbestos in the charred debris of an historic World War II-era blimp hangar. The city of Tustin closed at ...

  7. EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades ...

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    The EPA rule will ban imports of asbestos for chlor-alkali as soon as the rule is published but will phase in prohibitions on chlor-alkali use over five or more years to provide what the agency ...

  8. Fiber cement siding - Wikipedia

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    Blue fiber cement siding HardiePanel on design-build addition, Ithaca NY. Fiber cement siding (also known as "fibre cement cladding" in the United Kingdom, "fibro" in Australia, and by the proprietary name "Hardie Plank" in the United States) is a building material used to cover the exterior of a building in both commercial and domestic applications.

  9. Prolific Ohio artist wanted to leave life on her own terms ...

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    Painting became her life for the next half-century. On canvas and on paper, large and small. She preferred house paint, the same as revered artists Jackson Pollock and Pablo Picasso.