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Description: Purified Bentonites
Naturally occurring white sodium bentonite with fine texture and brilliant white color
Polargel® IVP (Patented Intercalated Clay Technology)
Mixes well with water to provide gel stability and integrity in polar solvents, silicon oils and acidic or alkaline compounds for simplifying
formulations-the next generation of thixotropes!
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Materials |
Hectalite 200
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Materials |
Hectabrite
White magnesium-rich surface-modified highly purified sodium hectorite clay 4-5 times more efficient than raw bentonite. |
Materials |
Bentonite
Bentonite can make a clay body instantly plastic, only 2-3% can have a big effect. It also suspends slurries so they don't settle out and slows down drying. |
Typecodes |
Clay Other
Clays that are not kaolins, ball clays or bentonites. For example, stoneware clays are mixtures of all of the above plus quartz, feldspar, mica and other minerals. There are also many clays that have high plasticity like bentonite but are much different mineralogically. |
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