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Asbestos cement

Index Asbestos cement

The name fibro is short for "fibrous (or fibre) cement sheet", more commonly called "asbestos cement sheet" or "AC sheet". [1]

25 relations: Aluminium alloy, Asbestos, Asbestos and the law, Asbestosis, Asphalt, Australia, Brick, Cement, Eternit, Fibre cement, Fungicide, Housos, James Blundell (singer), James Hardie Industries, James Reyne, Peritoneal mesothelioma, Pleural cavity, Pressure washing, Queensland, Rock (geology), Slate, The Dingoes, Transite, Way Out West (The Dingoes song), World War II.

Aluminium alloy

Aluminium alloys (or aluminum alloys; see spelling differences) are alloys in which aluminium (Al) is the predominant metal.

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Asbestos

Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals, which all have in common their eponymous asbestiform habit: i.e. long (roughly 1:20 aspect ratio), thin fibrous crystals, with each visible fiber composed of millions of microscopic "fibrils" that can be released by abrasion and other processes.

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Asbestos and the law

Litigation related to asbestos injuries and property damages has been claimed to be the longest-running mass tort in U.S. history.

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Asbestosis

Asbestosis is long term inflammation and scarring of the lungs due to asbestos.

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Asphalt

Asphalt, also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black, and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Brick

A brick is building material used to make walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.

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Cement

A cement is a binder, a substance used for construction that sets, hardens and adheres to other materials, binding them together.

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Eternit

Eternit is a registered trademark for fibre cement.

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Fibre cement

Fibre cement is a composite building and construction material, used mainly in roofing and facade products because of its strength and durability.

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Fungicide

Fungicides are biocidal chemical compounds or biological organisms used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores.

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Housos

Housos is an Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech for SBS, that screened on SBS One.

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James Blundell (singer)

James Blundell (born 8 December 1964) is an Australian country music singer.

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James Hardie Industries

James Hardie Industries plc. is an industrial building materials company headquartered in Ireland and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange which specialises in fibre cement products.

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James Reyne

James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian rock musician and singer/songwriter both in solo work and, until 1986, with the band Australian Crawl.

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Peritoneal mesothelioma

Peritoneal mesothelioma is the name given to the cancer that attacks the lining of the abdomen.

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Pleural cavity

The pleural cavity is the thin fluid-filled space between the two pulmonary pleurae (known as visceral and parietal) of each lung.

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Pressure washing

Pressure washing or power washing is the use of high-pressure water spray to remove loose paint, mold, grime, dust, mud, chewing gum and dirt from surfaces and objects such as buildings, vehicles and concrete surfaces.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Rock (geology)

Rock or stone is a natural substance, a solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids.

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Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism.

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The Dingoes

The Dingoes is an Australian country rock band initially active from 1973 to 1979, formed in Melbourne which relocated to the United States from 1976.

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Transite

Transite originated as a brand that Johns-Manville created in 1929 for a line of asbestos-cement products, including boards and pipes.

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Way Out West (The Dingoes song)

"Way Out West" is the debut single by Australian band The Dingoes.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_cement

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