Sepiolite Attapulgite
Natural thixotropic material for moisture control
Description
Sepiolite and attapulgite are clay minerals that provide aqueous suspensions with viscosity. They are excellent binders for pelletized chemical fertilizers and ceramics and thickeners for cement slurry, paint and additives. We supply sepiolite of IMV Nevada (USA) and attapulgite of Floridin (USA).
Features
Sepiolite and attapulgite have crystalline structure incorporating channels like zeolite. They are also thixotropic (a clay that liquefies when kneaded and solidifies again when left standing) and calcinable (solidifies when heated) like kaolinite. That means, sepiolite and attapulgite have three properties at the same time: they can control moisture content as well as being thixotropic and calcinable.
Application
- Building material: Reinforcement of Rockwool building insulator, interlaminar bonding of calcium silicate boards and viscosity conditioning of the exterior walls
- Flame retardant paper: Reinforcement
- Automobile: Damping material and viscosity conditioning
- Fertilizer: Binder
- Paint/coating and adhesive: Thickener
Inquiry
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