EXHIBIT 23








                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




The Board of Directors
Union Carbide Corporation



We consent to the incorporation by reference in each of the 
Registration Statements of Union Carbide Corporation on Form S-3 
(Nos. 33-26185, 33-60705 and 333-17309), and on Form S-8 (Nos. 2-
90419, 33-22125, 33-38714, 33-53573, 33-58931, 333-02829, 333-
38493 and 333-38495) of our reports dated January 16, 1998, 
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Union Carbide 
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, 
and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' 
equity and cash flows and related schedule for each of the years 
in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, appearing and 
incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of 
Union Carbide Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1997.






                                       KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP



Stamford, Connecticut
March 19, 1998