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THE dissolution of the asbestos mineral, chrysotile, (OH)6Mg6Si4O11, has been studied as a part of investigations into the nature of the industrial lung disease, asbestosis1. Because the results may be of value to industrial chemists and to geologists, and they explain apparently anomalous results which have been published2,3, they are outlined here although the details and a discussion on their relevance to the problem of pneumoconiosis will appear elsewhere.
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CLARK, S., HOLT, P. Dissolution of Chrysotile Asbestos in Water, Acid and Alkali. Nature 185, 237 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185237a0
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