THERMAL STUDIES ON ASBESTOS: III. EFFECT OF HEAT ON THE BREAKING STRENGTH OF ASBESTOS CLOTH CONTAINING COTTON
Commercial, Underwriters', and A grades of asbestos cloth begin to lose strength as soon as heat is applied. On heating for five minutes at 300 °C. these three grades of asbestos cloth lose approximately 60, 35, and 25% of their original (conditioned) breaking strength, respectively. Charts are given showing the effect of heating, at temperatures up to 600 °C., for periods up to one hour.