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Barite Application:
1. As a weighting agent for drilling fluids in oil and gas exploration.
2. Used in the car, electronics, TV screen, rubber, and glass ceramics and paint industry.
3. As surface smear for photographic paper and calendered paper; as sizing agent for textile industry.
4. As clarifying agent for glass products. 5. Radiation shielding and medical applications; also used for ceramics, enamel, perfumes and pigments.
Item | Specification | Result of Analysis |
Ba(Sr)SO4 | 90% min | 91.67% |
Hg | 1 ppm max | 0.08 ppm |
Cd | 3 ppm max | 0.59 ppm |
Water soluble Alkaline Earth metals as Calcium | 250 mg/kg max | 58.48 mg/kg |
Extractable Carbonates | 3000 mg/l max | 675 mg/l |
Moisture | 0.1% max | 0.03% |
S.G | ≥4.20 g/cm3 | 4.2 g/cm3 |
Residue greater than 75 um | 3.0% max | 0.07% |
Particles less than 6 um | 30% max | 23.4% |
Barite