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Word: sealant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...diseases. But by that time, 30 million tons had been wrapped around heating pipes and furnaces, sprayed onto girders and mixed into tiles at a cost of 25 cents per sq. ft. Now property owners are often spending 100 times that amount to remove it, cover it with a sealant, or enclose it with materials like Sheetrock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monster in The Closet: Asbestos | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...corner and lose momentum. The maximum distance that joints can pull apart under the stress of launch will be reduced from the current one thirty-thousandth of an inch to one-fifth that figure. A "vulcanized, rubbery substance" will replace the putty that now fills the gap as a sealant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Brighter Future for Nasa? | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...explanation given for the often rapidly shedding paint in some rooms: Sealant used on the outside walls was affixed too soon after power jet-spraying, trapping water inside the walls instead of just keeping...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: Tempered Enthusiasm | 10/9/1982 | See Source »

...There is in our opinion from everyone we've talked with no reason to stop using" the window sealant that Weiss has criticized, said David A. Zewinski '76, HRE property manager...

Author: By Joanna R. Handelman, Andrew C. Karp, and David M. Rosenfeld, S | Title: HRE Worker, Tenant Drop Charges | 3/16/1982 | See Source »

Zewinski added that 60 Ware St. apartments had been equipped with new windows before HRE received its first complaint about the installation. He added that HRE would comply with the wishes of tenants who ask in the future that the sealant not be used while they are in the building...

Author: By Joanna R. Handelman, Andrew C. Karp, and David M. Rosenfeld, S | Title: HRE Worker, Tenant Drop Charges | 3/16/1982 | See Source »

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