asbestos

Summary

asbestos has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• asbestos is a type of silicate mineral^[2].
• asbestos is a type of occupational carcinogen^[3].
• asbestos is a type of carcinogen^[4].
• asbestos is part of asbestos cement^[5].
• asbestos's Commons category is recorded as Asbestos^[6].
• asbestos comprises oxygen^[7].
• asbestos comprises silicon^[8].
• asbestos's streak color is recorded as white^[9].
• asbestos's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Asbestos^[10].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon^[13].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[14].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Technical Encyclopedia^[15].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Technical Encyclopedia, 1st edition^[16].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[17].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[18].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[20].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[22].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[23].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[24].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[25].
• asbestos's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include silicate mineral^[2], occupational carcinogen^[3], and carcinogen^[4].

Use and Application

Components include oxygen^[7], a chemical element^[27] and silicon^[8], a chemical element^[28]. asbestos is part of asbestos cement^[5].

Influence

Things named for asbestos include Asbest^[29], a city or town^[30], in Russia^[31], founded in 1889^[32] and Amiantos^[33], a community of Cyprus Republic^[34], in Cyprus^[35].

Why It Matters

asbestos has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] asbestos is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for asbestos include Asbest^[29], a city or town^[30], in Russia^[31], founded in 1889^[32] and Amiantos^[33], a community of Cyprus Republic^[34], in Cyprus^[35].