Product Profile of Calcite / Calcium Carbonate Powder
Britex Enterprises offers Calcite / Calcium Carbonate Powder. Britex Enterprises supplies chemicals like aluminum silicate, barites, calcite, china clay, talc etc. Calcite / Calcium Carbonate Powder are one of the important ingredients required in glass and ceramic industries for imparting glaze and also as flux. Calcite / Calcium Carbonate Powder in pulverized form is used as a filler in rubber goods, textile and as an extender in paints and as a carrier in insecticidal preparation. Other uses are in the manufacture of mortar, cement, bleaching powder & preparation of flat lime, etc.
Key Features of Calcite / Calcium Carbonate Powder
- It has Mohs hardness of 3, Refractive Index 1.5-1.7, Specific Gravity-2.7 and low Oil Absorption.
- It is transparent to opaque in nature and has the power to produce double light reflection effect.
- It is most widely used as a bright inexpensive extender.
- In paint manufacturing, it is used throughout the range of water based paints for interior and exterior application.