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Friable Asbestos - Any material containing more than one percent asbestos, and that can be crumbled or reduced to powder by hand p ressure. (May include previously non-friable material which becomes broken or damaged by mechanical force.) ...

 


friable
A consistence term pertaining to the ease of crumbling of soils. See also consistence.
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friable Easily crumbled, not cohesive or sticky.
friable asbestos Any material containing more than one percent asbestos, and that can be crumbled or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

friable : Capable of being crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

Nonfriable Asbestos-Containing Materials: Any material containing more than one percent asbestos (as determined by Polarized Light Microscopy) that, when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

Friable asbestos material or non-friable ACM that will be or has been subjected to sanding, grinding, cutting, or abrading or has crumbled, or been pulverized or reduced to powder in the course of demolition or renovation operations.

Cementitious- Densely packed and nonfibrous friable materials.
Central Collection Point- Location were a generator of regulated medical waste consolidates wastes originally generated at various locations in his facility.

In the asbestos-in-schools program, the evaluation of the physical condition and potential for damage of all friable asbestos containing materials and thermal insulation systems.
Source: Terms of the Environment
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See also: Organic, Table, Water, Hazard, Waste

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