Precipitated Silica and Silicates
Specialty Silica are fine, loose powders that are also available in granule form for specific applications. The particles are amorphous, posing no risk in their application. The chemical composition of performance silica is approximately 99 % silicon dioxide (SiO2). Due to the large bandwidth of physico-chemical data precipitated performance silica possess varied properties that facilitate manufacturing processes and increase both the quality and performance of end-products.
The main differences between the SIPERNAT® and SIDENT® product lines are in specific surface, behaviour to water and particle size.
Applications
The variety of physico-chemical data and properties means that performance silica cover a broad range of application areas. We encounter them in many situations in daily life: from brushing our teeth in the morning (in the toothpaste as a polishing and thickening agent), to the office (in stationery as fillers and coating pigments) to driving back home after a day’s work (in tires as reinforcement fillers).
You will find the right product for a particular application in the following pages. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any queries as to product selection, application, dosage and formula alterations.