Journal Top Ten -- COLUMNS-Asbestos -- June 2008

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TITLE: "In situ ESEM study of the thermal decomposition of chrysotile asbestos in view of safe recycling of the transformation product"

AUTHORS: Gualtieri AF, Gualtieri ML, Tonelli M.

JOURNAL: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2008 Aug 15;156(1-3):260-6.

SUMMARY: The thermal transformation of asbestos into non-hazardous crystalline phases and their recycling is a promising solution for the "asbestos problem". The most common asbestos-containing industrial material produced worldwide is cement-asbestos. In the attempt to investigate alternative and faster firing routes for the decomposition of asbestos, a low melting glass was mixed with cement-asbestos and studied in situ to assess …