Product Profile of Calcite/ Natural Calcium Carbonate

Famous Minerals & Chemicals Private Limited manufactures Calcite/ Natural Calcium Carbonate. Famous Minerals & Chemicals Private Limited offers minerals, processed minerals and synthetic minerals, etc. Used in different types of industries. The Calcite/ Natural Calcium Carbonate are also known as chalk powder. It is in bright white colour and it has modular particle size with crystalline structure.

Physical Properties of Calcite/ Natural Calcium Carbonate are:

• Appearance : White fine powder

• Sp. Gravity : 2.6 - 2.8

• Oil absorption : 12 to 15

• PH of 10% slurry : 9 to 10

• Water Soluble matter : max 1%

• Volatile matter : max 0.5%

• Purity as CaCO3 : 95%


Industrial Applications of Calcite/ Natural Calcium Carbonate are::

• Paints: Used in economic quality cement primer, wood primer, Cement paint, metal primer, distemper, emulsion paint, texture coating etc.

• Plastic: Used in rigid PVC pipes, footwear, cables, leather clothes etc.

• Rubber: Used in Rubber industry as a bulk filler, in many rubber products.

• Tiles and Ceramics: Important filler in tile manufacture and also as glazing material.

• Misc. Application: Used in pollution control, neutralising chemicals for acid wash, source of calcium salt. Applications of this are also in bulk like cement, steel and other industries.