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Pure Natural Minerals
Clay & Minerals
Barytes or Barium Sulphate
The Product is a natural Barium Sulphate having excellent whiteness. It finds wide spread use as a heavy inert filler due to its high bulk density, insolubility in water, resistance to acids and alkalies, low abrasiveness and high refractive index. It is good extender for primers having good filling properties and provides high chemical resistance and smoothness to under coats.
APPLICATIONS
- Paints
- Ceramics
- Rubber
- Linoleum Flooring
TYPICAL PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BARYTES
- Property
- Bulk Density
- Whiteness (Compared to MgO)
- Moisture
- Water Absorption
- pH of 2% acqueous slurry
- Specific Gravity
- Refrective Index
- BaSO4
- SiO2
- Fe2 O3
- Residue on 500 mesh
- Average Particle Size
- Packing
- Unit
- gm/cc
- %
- %max
- %
- --
- --
- --
- %
- %max
- %
- %max
- micron
- Kgs/bag
- Value
- 1.4-1.6
- 96±2
- 0.5
- 12-15
- 9.2-9.5
- 4.2
- 1.63
- 98-99
- 0.2
- 0.02-0.05
- 0.5
- 4-5
- 25