Gypsum board, does not contain asbestos? - Talking about Office Interior

Gypsum Board

The use of asbestos has now grown very rapidly. In developing countries like Indonesia, asbestos is still widely used in various sectors, among others for the needs of the building, the manufacture of brake lining, tubes and as an insulating material in a heat source such as generator emissions the engine exhaust.

Thick Gypsum Board

According to the chemical composition of asbestos can be classified into two broad categories namely, serpentine and amphibole.

Serpentine:

    Chysotile (white asbestos) (OH) 6 H2O MG6 SI4 Ø12

Amphibole:

•     Actinolite Ca (MgFe) 3 (SiO) 4H2O
•     Amosite (brown asbestos), (Fe2Mg) SiO3 1.5% H2O
•     Antrophylite (MgFe) 7 Si6O3 (OH)
•     Crosidolite (blue asbestos) Nafe (SiO3) 2 H2O FeSiO3X
•     Tremolite Ca2Mg5Si8O22 (OH).

Of all types of asbestos, chrysotile is the most widely used and is estimated to be approximately 90% of all types of asbestos. Use of asbestos can be a negative effect on health spread asbestos fibers in airborne contaminants. Asbestos fibers can enter the body through breathing and lung tertingal. This can cause the disease asbestosis, which is a type of pneumoconiosis group of diseases caused by dust accumulation in the lungs.

Gypsum Board in Your Office

Hoarding will cause thickening and laceration of the lungs. Scratches in decreased lung capacity and lungs can cause shortness of breath and eventually end up with choking. Asbestos can also cause lung cancer, including cancer of the trachea. This is why asbestos is known as a latent killer. A person may have cancer 20-30 years later, after the asbestos contaminated.

Paragraph above will only make us more afraid of asbestos. Now we turn to the subject, the gypsum board containing asbestos? Stone as a base material of gypsum board have CaSO42H20 chemicals. In general, one can say that the stone plaster is not included in the category of asbestos as mentioned above.

When we speak of plasterboard and other gypsum products, then it can not simply be equated. Each one - each manufacturer of gypsum board has a different formula for the manufacture of products. Do not just swing the plaster to plaster remains material - additional ingredients (additives) in the development of production. Each one - each manufacturer has different formulas and policies - different. What to watch for is when the plaster has become a product (gypsum board), the chemical content in them not only CaSO42H20, but there are also elements - other elements.

How do we know if the gypsum board is an element of asbestos or not? It is a way of testing in the laboratory. SNI 16-7059-2004 gave way to perform static measurements of air levels of asbestos fibers at work, otherwise we can ask is directly related to the manufacturer of gypsum products manufactured are tested free of asbestos or not.

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