Regulated Asbestos Minerals: Chrysotile Asbestos
Regulated Asbestos Minerals: Chrysotile Asbestos
"White asbestos" Magnesium Silicate
Serpentine (wavy)
95% of asbestos-containing products
Relatively soft & flexible
May be woven into ropes & fabrics
Found in roofs, ceilings, walls and floors of homes and businesses. Manufacturers also used chrysotile asbestos in automobile brake linings, gaskets and boiler seals, and insulation for pipes, ducts and appliances.
Science classroom drying ovens with woven chrysotile asbestos gaskets.
Blown-on ceiling insulation made of chrysotile asbestos
Chrysotile asbestos as it might appear when mined.