The role of barium sulfate in ten major industries

The role of barite (barium sulfate) in ten major industries

1. Petroleum industry: 200 mesh and 325 mesh barite powder as an additive for oil and gas field drilling mud.

2. Chemical industry: barium salt plants use barite as raw materials to produce zinc barium white, precipitated barium sulfate, and barium carbonate.

3. Paint and coating industry: It can be used as a filler for paints and coatings to replace precipitated barium sulfate, lead powder, titanium dioxide, active silica and other high-priced raw materials, suitable for controlling the viscosity of paints, making the product bright and stable.

4. Plastic industry: It can be used as a filler for plastic ABS raw materials to make the product glossy and bright, and at the same time improve the product strength, rigidity and wear resistance.

5. Rubber industry: Products below 500 mesh can be used in large quantities in rubber products as fillers, reducing costs, improving product hardness, acid and alkali resistance, and water resistance, and have a good reinforcing effect on natural rubber and synthetic rubber.

6. Papermaking industry: High-fineness barite powder can be used as filler and coating filler for white paper and coated paper to improve whiteness and surface coverage.

7. Cement industry: barite, fluorite, gypsum and other composite mineralizers.

8. Glass industry: used as deoxidizer, clarifier, flux, can increase the optical stability, gloss and strength of glass.

9. Construction industry: used as concrete aggregate, paving material, heavy pressure buried pipes in swamp areas, instead of lead plate for nuclear facilities, atomic power plants, X-ray laboratories, etc. shielding, extend the life of the road surface.

10. Other industries: barite powder can also be used as high-quality filler in industries such as ceramics.