Calcite

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Calcite is a naturally occurring mineral. It's also known as calcium carbonate (CaCO₃). It's known for its wide rage of applications in various industry due to its chemical content, purity and whiteness. It paint Indutry it is used as filler, opacifier and also whitening . Naturally available calcium carbonate is grinded into super fine particles and used in a variety of industries. Here are some of it's other applications:

1. Infrastructure Industry Construction Works

Cement and Concrete: The necessary ingredient of cement is calcite. Aggregate: Calcite is employed in construction of roads and building foundations. Marble Production: Mostly calcite marble is used for floors, countertops, and other decorative materials.

2. Industrial Sector

Calcium carbonate powder is added as filler in plastics, rubber, and glue.

Paints and Coatings Industry

The Whiteness of the Calcite Powder: Increases the brilliance and opacity of paints.

Neutralizing Agent: Supplied for industrial use and for the protection of the environment, for instance in the treatment of water or improvement of soil.

3. Agriculture 

Calcium Carbonate or Calcite is used as calcium supplement in Agriculture sector. Basically it helps to neutralize soil when it gets acidic in nature or when soil pH level increases above 7.

Calcium Carbonate is also used as calcium supplement for Animals, poultry and other live stock.  Whenever there is calcium deficiency in animals then vets prescribe calcium supplements for animals and Calcium carbonate is the only primary source for same.

4. Glass and Ceramics 

Calcite is used as flux in glass industry. It is used to lower the melting point of silica which is used to manufacture glass. Calcite helps in uniform distribution of heat in furnace to all the particles of silica, but it does not chemically react with silica. Calcites catches all the impurities as well during glass manufacturing and it get settle as sludge at the bottom of furnace which is then removed by gated system

Calcite is also used Ceramic industries to provide many properties like high whiteness as well as strength. It is included in glaze mixture to improve whiteness and it also take care of opacity levels

 

5. Steel and Metallurgy 

Calcite is considered as one of the important ingredients in steel industries mainly in manufacturing of steel. The raw material consist of Iron, dolomite and calcite. The main role of calcite is to remove impurities which is not important. Thus, Calcite used as flux in steelmaking.

6. Paper Sector

High Purity of Calcite is used as filler and coating agent. High purity of calcium carbonate  acts a great opacifier with great brightness. It also provides great smoothness to the paper thus increasing the quality of the paper