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calcium carbonate |
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calcium carbonateWhite solid, found in nature as limestone, marble, and chalk. It is a valuable resource, used in the making of iron, steel, cement, glass, slaked lime, bleaching powder, sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, and many other industrially useful substances. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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One large film and bag maker says a customer recently specified for the first time a minimum CaCO3 content in a contract--though it was a modest 6% loading. Cost benefits include the ability to increase internal CaCO3 content, the ability to obtain good results with low cost starch derivatives, improved "clean up" times during printing, and the ability to use a wider range of SMA resins. The formed acid in the coal mines causes acid mine drainage in the environment, and CaCO3 is used for its treatment (Aziz et al. |
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