Product Profile of Talc Mineral

Silicon Products [P] Associates manufactures Talc Mineral. The talc is exceedingly fine grained, in coherent and highly absorbent. It is used in filters, as absorbent for nitro glycerine and as an ultrafine abrasive.

Silicon Products [P] Associates is the supplier of Diatomite Supercel and Activated Carbon. The specific gravity of the Talc Mineral is 2.03 while apparent density is 0.38. It shows filterability of 7.5 ml minute and pH value 8.80 indicating its high alkaline character.

Uses of Talc Mineral are as follows:

• As a filter aid specially for colloidal or solid solution like fruit juices, oil, antibiotic etc.

• Life saving drugs like tetra cycline and insulin are filtered through diatomite.

• As a absorbent in increasing in preparation of vegetable oil, poly-ethylene and as a flattening agent in paint, plastic, rubber, drugs, toothpaste etc.

• As an abrasive in metal polishing in automobiles and toothpaste.

• As a pozolanic admixtures in cement industries.

• As a coating material in the manufacturing of ammonium nitrate fertilizers.