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Common Applications of Silica
- Inexpensive soda-lime glass is the most common and typically found in drinking glasses, bottles, and windows.
- A raw material for many whiteware ceramics such as earthenware, stoneware and porcerlain.
- A raw material for the production of Portland cement.
- A food additive, primarily as a flow agent in powdered foods, or to absorb water.
- The natural ("native") oxide coating that grows on silicon is hugely beneficial in microelectronics.
- Raw material for aerogel in the Stardust spacecraft.
- As hydrophobic silica it is used as a defoamer component.
- As hydrated silica in toothpaste (abrasive to remove plaque.)
- As a high-temperature thermal protection fabric.
- In cosmetics for its light-diffusing properties and its absorbency.
- Liquid silicon dioxide (colloidal silica) is used as a wine and juice fining agent.
- As a glidant in pharmaceutical products silicon dioxide aids powder flow when tablets are formed.
- In the production of tires
- Thermal enhancement compound used in thermal grouts for the ground source heat pump industry.
Typical Applications of Novacite®
- Exterior trade sales paint (emulsion)
- Interior latex paints
- Industrial coatings
- Corrosion resistant coatings
- Casting and potting compounds
- Fluidized bed coatings
- Casting and potting resins
- Grouts
- Molding compounds
- Electrostatic coatings
- Pipe linings
- Silicone rubber extender
- Silicone rubber dusting powder
- Abrasive medium (wet blasting)
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