Product Profile of Silica Sand

The Silica Sand is made by crushing sand stone or quartzite of open texture, and washing and grading it to yield requisite grain distribution. The silica flour is produced by crushing grinding and washing the high grade quartz, quartzite rocks or from white silica sand. Silicon Products [P] Associates manufactures Silica Sand.

Silicon Products [P] Associates is the supplier of Diatomite Supercel and Activated Carbon. The Silica Sand is used for water purification and manufacture of glass, synthetic foundry moulding catalysts, di-sodium ultramarine etc. It is also used for acid heat resistant ceramics, refractories, pottery glaze, etc. Silica sand of 150 mesh is used in Sawing stone, grinding and surfacing glass and polishing marble Rounded Grains of silica sand are used for sand blasting it is also used as a filler in paints `Wood Paste` moulded hard rubber goods, gypsum Plasters, oxychloride acoustic plasters and soap.

Properties of Silica Sand are:

• Chemical Composition: Sio2 the general impurities are iron/aluminium oxides and lime.

• Physical Characters: Sandstone is a firable and hard.The grain size of the particles is variable. It is friable and mainly brown to grey in colour.

• Specification: Glass making sand IS: 488 - 1963. Indian Standard for silica sand used for glass making.

Grades:
- Special Grade; intended for the manufacture of high grade colour less glass. Such as Crystal Glass, tableware and other decorative wares.
- Grade 1 intended for the manufacture of decolorized glassware, such as container ware, lamp ware.
- Grade 2 intended for the manufacture of glassware where slight tint is permissible.
- Grade 3 intended for the manufacture of glasses like sheet glass and some colored glass like iron sulphur amber glass.