Fluorite（CaF₂）

Product Introduction：

Fluorite is a major source of hydrogen fluoride, a commodity chemicaused to produce a wide range of materials. Hydrogen fluoride is liberatedfrom the mineral by the action of concentrated sulfuric acid.

Application Areas：

As different purity, there are three industrial use of the natural fluorite.

The Metalurgical grade fuorite is traditionaly used as a flux to lower themelting point of raw materials in steel productions. lt's useful to removethe impurities.

Ceramic grade fluorite is used in the manufacture of opalescent glass.enamels, and cooking utensils.

The highest grade, "acid grade fluorite"(97% or more CaFz) is used tomake aluminum fluoride and hydrofluoric acid by reacting to the fluoritewith sulfuric acid.