chrysotile
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chrysotile
1840–50; chryso- + Greek tílos something plucked
Example Sentences
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Hotel and Juliet recorded solid samples of chrysotile asbestos - a white asbestos that can be inhaled - between 15% to 30%.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Hotel and Juliet recorded solid samples of chrysotile asbestos — a white asbestos that can be inhaled — between 15% to 30%.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
They are crocidolite - often referred to as blue asbestos; amosite - often called brown asbestos; and chrysotile - white asbestos.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2022
However, the trade group representing the chlorine industry, the American Chemistry Council, blasted the proposal in a statement, noting that chrysotile asbestos is used by about a third of U.S. chlor-alkali plants that produce chlorine.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
The deposits of Russia, the Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Australia are of high-grade chrysotile, probably similar in origin to the Quebec deposits.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
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