Material Family

Mineral Fillers & Pigments

65 products in this family

Mineral fillers and pigments add bulk, opacity, reinforcement, and color to coatings, plastics, and personal care. RawSource supplies silicas, carbonates, oxides, and dispersions in bulk.

65 products
Activated Carbon (Activated Charcoal, GAC)
CAS 7440-44-0
A high-surface-area adsorbent for purification of water, air, gases, and process streams. It is used as an adsorbent for purification and decolorization of water, air, gases, and liquids, and as a reducing agent in process applications.
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Aluminum Chloride Hexahydrate (AlCl3·6H2O)
CAS 7784-13-6
The water-soluble hydrated aluminum chloride used in cosmetic astringent and industrial processing formulations. It is used as an astringent/antiperspirant ingredient in cosmetics and as a precursor and processing aid in textile dyeing, wood preservation, and photographic and petroleum applications.
Color / PigmentationpH Adjustment
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Aluminum Chloride, Anhydrous (AlCl3)
CAS 7446-70-0
The benchmark Lewis-acid catalyst for Friedel-Crafts chemistry and a precursor to aluminum compounds. It is the classic catalyst for Friedel-Crafts acylation and alkylation and serves as a chemical intermediate for numerous aluminum compounds, with further use in petroleum cracking and…
Color / PigmentationpH Adjustment
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Aluminum Hydroxide (ATH, Alumina Trihydrate)
CAS 21645-51-2
A halogen-free mineral flame retardant that quenches fire by releasing water as it decomposes. In plastics, rubber, and latex foams it releases water on heating to retard flame and suppress smoke.
Color / PigmentationFlame Retardancy
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Amorphous Silica (Synthetic Amorphous Silica, Silicon Dioxide)
CAS 7631-86-9
A versatile synthetic silica engineered for flow, rheology, and reinforcement across powders, liquids, and rubber. It is used as an anti-caking and free-flow agent in powders, a liquid carrier and adsorbent, a viscosity-control/thickening agent, a defoamer, a mild abrasive, and…
Thickening / RheologyColor / Pigmentation
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Antimony Trioxide (Antimony(III) Oxide, ATO)
CAS 1309-64-4
A flame-retardant synergist and polyester catalyst with opacifying and pigment functions. It is used as a flame-retardant synergist in plastics and textiles, a plastics stabilizer, a polycondensation catalyst (including for PET), an opacifier in glass, ceramics, and enamels, and a…
Flame Retardancy
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Barium Sulfate (Barite, Barytes)
CAS 7727-43-7
A high-density, inert sulfate that adds weight to drilling muds and body to filled formulations. Its high specific gravity makes it the standard weighting agent in oil- and gas-well drilling fluids and a high-density aggregate for radiation-shielding concrete.
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Basic Copper Carbonate (Cupric Carbonate, Malachite)
CAS 12069-69-1
A green copper(II) salt used as a pigment, a copper source, and an agricultural seed-treatment active. Industry references record use as a pigment, in pyrotechnics, as an algaecide and seed-treatment fungicide, in bronze plating, and as a copper source in…
Biocidal ActionColor / Pigmentation
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Bentonite (Montmorillonite Clay)
CAS 1302-78-9
A swelling montmorillonite clay that delivers binding, suspension, and adsorption performance across foundry, drilling, and processing operations. It is used as a binder in foundry molding and core sands, as the principal viscosifier in drilling muds, as an iron-ore pelletizing…
Color / PigmentationThickening / Rheology
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Beta-Carotene
CAS 7235-40-7
A carotenoid pigment and provitamin A in a water-dispersible form for food and supplement use. Established uses include service as a yellow/orange colorant for foods, a provitamin A source in nutritional supplements and animal feed, and a cosmetic colorant.
Color / PigmentationPreservation
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Boron Nitride (BN, hBN)
CAS 10043-11-5
A layered ceramic that lubricates like graphite, conducts heat, and withstands extreme temperatures without melting. It is used as a high-temperature solid lubricant and release agent, a thermally conductive yet electrically insulating filler, a refractory and foundry material, and as…
Slip / ReleaseLubrication
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Calcium Carbonate
CAS 471-34-1
A versatile mineral filler, extender, and acid-neutralizing additive across plastics, paper, coatings, and food. It is used as a filler and extender in plastics, paper, paints, adhesives, and sealants; as an opacifier, pH/buffering agent, and abrasive; and as a food…
Color / PigmentationpH Adjustment
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Calcium Silicate
CAS 1344-95-2
A high-absorbency mineral additive that keeps powders free-flowing and reinforces compounded materials. It is used as an anti-caking and free-flow agent in powders, as an absorbent for liquids and gases, as a reinforcing filler in elastomers and plastics, and as…
Thickening / RheologyColor / Pigmentation
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Carbon Black (CB)
CAS 1333-86-4
Engineered elemental carbon that reinforces rubber and delivers deep, durable black coloration. It is used as a reinforcing filler in rubber, including tires, and as a black pigment in inks, coatings and plastics.
Color / PigmentationUV Protection
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Cetyl Alcohol (1-Hexadecanol)
CAS 36653-82-4
A C16 fatty alcohol that thickens, opacifies, and stabilizes emulsions while leaving a smooth emollient feel. It is used as an emollient, emulsion modifier, and opacifying agent in cosmetics and as an emulsifying and stiffening aid in pharmaceutical preparations.
Cleaning / DegreasingEmolliency
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Chromium(III) Oxide (Chromium Oxide Green, Cr2O3)
CAS 1308-38-9
A heat- and light-stable green oxide spanning pigments, abrasives, refractories and chromium metallurgy. Its hardness suits it to abrasive and polishing compounds and its thermal stability to refractory materials.
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Coral Calcium Powder (Calcium Carbonate)
CAS 37220-17-0
A marine-sourced calcium carbonate supplied as a calcium ingredient for supplement and fortification use. Used as a calcium-source ingredient in dietary-supplement and food and beverage fortification applications.
Film FormationMoisture Control
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D&C Green No. 8
CAS 6358-69-6
A synthetic organic acid dye supplied as a water-soluble colorant. It is used to impart color in cosmetic and industrial formulations and for tinting and shade adjustment in compatible aqueous systems.
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D&C Orange No. 4 (Acid Orange 7, Orange II)
CAS 633-96-5
A water-soluble monoazo acid dye (C.I. Acid Orange 7, CI 15510, CAS 633-96-5) supplied as an orange powder. It is used as a cosmetic and hair-dye colorant, a biological stain, and an industrial colorant for compatible systems.
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D&C Red 7 (Lithol Rubine BCA, Pigment Red 57:1)
CAS 5281-04-9
A calcium-salt monoazo red pigment (C.I. Pigment Red 57:1) supplied as a red colorant. It is used as a pigment in cosmetics and in plastics including PVC, polyolefins, ABS, PET, and polystyrene.
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D&C Red No. 33
CAS 3567-69-9
D&C Red No. 33 (CAS 3567-69-9) is a water-soluble synthetic red azo acid dye supplied as a powder graded at approximately 83% dye content, used as a colorant to impart red shades in cosmetic and industrial formulations.
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Diatomaceous Earth (Diatomite, DE)
CAS 68855-54-9
A flux-calcined siliceous fossil meal supplied in bulk as a high-flow filter aid and functional filler. Its high porosity and surface area make it a standard filter aid, and it also serves as a functional filler, mild abrasive, and absorbent.
Thickening / RheologyBiocidal Action
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Expandable Graphite
CAS 7782-42-5
Acid-intercalated flake graphite that expands on heating to form an insulating char. It serves as a halogen-free intumescent flame retardant in coatings, polyurethane foams, thermoplastics and fire-stopping seals.
Flame RetardancyFilm Formation
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Fast Green FCF (FD&C Green 3, CI 42053)
CAS 2353-45-9
A bluish-green, water-soluble triarylmethane acid dye (FD&C Green 3, CI 42053). It is used to color foods, drugs, and cosmetics and as a biological stain and counterstain in histology.
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FD&C Blue 1 Aluminum Lake (Brilliant Blue FCF, CI 42090)
CAS 68921-42-6
An aluminum-lake pigment delivering insoluble, bright-blue color for food, drug, and cosmetic systems. The lake anchors the dye onto an aluminum-hydroxide substrate to give a water-insoluble pigment used to color foods, drugs, and cosmetics, as well as inks and coated…
Color / Pigmentation
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FD&C Red 40 (Allura Red AC)
CAS 25956-17-6
A high-tinting synthetic red for food, cosmetic and consumer-product coloring, available in bulk powder. It is used as a color additive in food products and as a colorant in cosmetic, hair-dye and personal-care formulations.
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FD&C Red No. 4 (Ponceau SX, C.I. 14700)
CAS 4548-53-2
A water-soluble synthetic monoazo acid dye (Ponceau SX, C.I. 14700) supplied as a red colorant for wool, silk, nylon, paper, and soap, and used in wood staining and as a biological stain and indicator.
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FD&C Yellow 5 Aluminum Lake (Tartrazine Aluminum Lake)
CAS 1934-21-0
A water-insoluble yellow lake for dispersion-based coloring of cosmetics and coated products. It is used as a cosmetic colorant, including in hair-coloring formulations.
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Ferric Hydroxide
CAS 1309-33-7
An iron(III) hydroxide supplied as granular fixed-bed adsorbent media for arsenic, phosphate and selenium removal from water, as a coagulant in wastewater clarification, and as an iron-oxide pigment intermediate.
Chelation / SequestrationColor / Pigmentation
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Fumed Silica (Pyrogenic Silica, Colloidal Silicon Dioxide)
CAS 112945-52-5
A pyrogenic silica that builds viscosity and controls flow at low loadings across liquids and powders. It is used as a thickening and anti-settling agent, as an anti-caking agent in powders and foods, as a pharmaceutical excipient, and as a…
Thickening / RheologyColor / Pigmentation
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Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate)
CAS 10101-41-4
The base mineral behind wallboard and plaster, also valued as a cement set regulator and calcium-and-sulfur soil amendment. It is used to manufacture wallboard and plaster of Paris, as a set-control additive in Portland cement, as an agricultural soil amendment,…
Thickening / RheologyConditioning
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Hectorite
CAS 12173-47-6
A smectite clay whose swelling platelets build thixotropic structure and suspend particles in water-based systems. It is used as a rheology modifier, viscosity-control and suspending agent and as an absorbent and bulking agent in personal-care, coatings and industrial formulations.
Thickening / RheologyViscosity Modification
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Hydrated Silica
CAS 10279-57-9
Synthetic amorphous silica delivered in grades for dentifrice abrasion, flow control, and rheology building. It functions as a mild abrasive, absorbent, and anti-caking/thickening agent, with primary use in dentifrices and personal-care products and as a filler in industrial formulations.
Thickening / RheologyColor / Pigmentation
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Hydrotalcite (Synthetic Magnesium Aluminum Hydroxycarbonate)
CAS 11097-59-9
Hydrotalcite is a synthetic layered magnesium-aluminum hydroxycarbonate powder used as an acid scavenger and co-stabilizer in PVC, a catalyst-residue neutralizer in polyolefins, and a smoke suppressant in flame-retardant compounds.
Synthesis IntermediateThickening / Rheology
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Iron Oxide Black (Synthetic, CI 77499)
CAS 12227-89-3
A synthetic black iron-oxide pigment supplied in bulk for coatings, plastics, and construction coloring. It is used as a colorant in paints and coatings, plastics, construction materials, and cosmetics, and serves as a filler and adsorbent.
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Iron Oxide Red (Fe2O3, CI 77491)
CAS 1309-37-1
A red iron-oxide (hematite) pigment and polishing abrasive supplied in bulk for industrial color and finishing. It is used as a pigment for paints, paper, ceramics, and construction, as a polishing abrasive (jeweler's rouge), and as a catalyst.
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Iron Oxide Yellow (Synthetic, CI 77492)
CAS 51274-00-1
A synthetic yellow iron-oxide pigment supplied for coatings, polymers, and construction coloring. It is used as a coloring agent in paints, lacquers, varnishes, and polymers, as a cosmetic colorant, and as a food colorant.
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Kaolin (China Clay)
CAS 1332-58-7
A bright, inert aluminosilicate clay that coats paper, builds ceramics and extends filled compounds. Its largest uses are as a coating pigment and filler in paper and as a body and glaze raw material in ceramics, tiles and sanitary ware.
Thickening / RheologyColor / Pigmentation
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Lithium Silicate
CAS 12627-14-4
An inorganic aqueous lithium silicate used as a penetrating concrete densifier and hardener, reacting with free lime to form calcium silicate hydrate. It also binds heat-resistant, intumescent, and zinc-rich anti-corrosion coatings.
Film FormationCoupling / Adhesion Promotion
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Magnesium Aluminum Silicate (Aluminum Magnesium Silicate)
CAS 1327-43-1
A swelling clay that builds yield value and holds particles in suspension across waterborne systems. It is used as a rheology modifier, suspending agent, and thickener in coatings, personal care, and household products, and as an anticaking agent, opacifier, and…
Color / PigmentationViscosity Modification
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Magnesium Hydroxide (MDH)
CAS 1309-42-8
A high-temperature, halogen-free mineral flame retardant that also neutralizes process acids and treats effluent. In polymers it serves as a halogen-free flame retardant and smoke suppressant with higher thermal stability than aluminum hydroxide.
pH AdjustmentFlame Retardancy
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Magnesium Oxide (Light)
CAS 1309-48-4
High-surface-area light magnesia for refractories, feed and fertilizer additives, and acid-acceptor duty in rubber and process chemistry. Documented uses span refractory and insulation products, animal feed and fertilizer additives, rubber compounding, and food-grade applications such as anticaking and pH adjustment;…
Color / PigmentationpH Adjustment
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Manganese Dioxide
CAS 1313-13-9
Technical-grade manganese dioxide for battery cathodes, synthetic oxidation, and glass and ceramic coloring. It is used primarily in dry-cell and alkaline batteries and as an oxidant in organic synthesis, and also serves as a glass decolorizer and colorant, a ceramic…
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Menthol (Menthol Crystals)
CAS 89-78-1
Crystalline mint terpene supplied to flavor, fragrance, and oral-care formulators. Established non-medicinal uses include service as a flavor and fragrance ingredient in confectionery, chewing gum, oral-care products, and perfumery, and as a precursor for menthyl esters in flavor compounding.
Synthesis Intermediate
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Mica
CAS 12001-26-2
A platy aluminosilicate mineral that reinforces and insulates across coatings, plastics, and drilling fluids. Ground mica's primary end uses are joint compound, oil-well-drilling additives, paint, roofing, and rubber products.
Thickening / RheologyColor / Pigmentation
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Nepheline Syenite
CAS 37244-96-5
A quartz-free alumina-and-alkali source that fluxes glass and ceramics and extends filled coatings. It is used as a fluxing raw material in glass manufacturing and in ceramic bodies and glazes, where it supplies alumina and alkali and lowers fusion temperature.
Thickening / Rheology
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Ottawa Standard Sand, 20-30 Mesh (Silica Sand, Crystalline Quartz)
CAS 14808-60-7
A closely graded, rounded quartz sand for standardized testing and silica-sand industrial duty. Graded silica sands of this type serve as standardized reference aggregate for cement and mortar testing and as laboratory media; silica sand more broadly is used in…
Thickening / Rheology
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Potassium Bicarbonate (Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate)
CAS 298-14-6
A mild alkali and carbon-dioxide source supplied for leavening, pH buffering, and dry-chemical fire suppression. Established uses include leavening in baking, acidity regulation and buffering as a food additive, and service as a dry-chemical fire-extinguishing agent.
pH AdjustmentBiocidal Action
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Potassium Hydroxide (KOH, Caustic Potash)
CAS 1310-58-3
A high-purity caustic alkali for saponification, alkaline electrolytes, and metal- and wafer-cleaning baths. It is used to manufacture liquid and soft soaps, as an electrolyte in alkaline batteries, and as an etchant and cleaning alkali in electroplating and semiconductor processing.
pH AdjustmentCleaning / Degreasing
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Precipitated Silica
CAS 112926-00-8
Precipitated silica is a synthetic amorphous silica supplied in powder and granule grades. It serves as a reinforcing filler in rubber, an anti-caking and carrier agent for powders, and a matting and rheology additive in coatings and inks.
Thickening / RheologyMoisture Control
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Red Lead (Lead Tetroxide, Pb3O4)
CAS 1314-41-6
A lead(II,IV) oxide pigment and lead-chemistry feedstock for glass, ceramics, and electrode applications. It is used as a pigment in lead glass, glass containers, ceramics, and paints, as a component of battery anodes and lubricant coatings, and as a chemical…
Color / PigmentationCorrosion Inhibition
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Silica Dimethyl Silylate (Hydrophobic Fumed Silica)
CAS 68611-44-9
Fumed silica capped with dimethylsilyl groups so it thickens oils and stays free-flowing in moisture. It is used as a rheology modifier and anti-settling thickener for non-aqueous and oil-rich systems, as an anti-caking and flow aid, and as an absorbent…
Defoaming / Foam ControlViscosity Modification
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Silica Dimethyl Silylate [Nano]
CAS 68611-44-9
A hydrophobic silica used as a thickening agent in cosmetics.
Defoaming / Foam ControlViscosity Modification
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Sodium Cyanide (NaCN)
CAS 143-33-9
The principal lixiviant for precious-metal recovery and a workhorse metal-finishing and synthesis reagent. Used to extract gold and silver from ores, in electroplating and metal heat-treating, and as a chemical intermediate for dyes, chelating agents, and nylon precursors.
Chelation / SequestrationSynthesis Intermediate
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Sodium Dichromate (Sodium Bichromate)
CAS 10588-01-9
The workhorse hexavalent-chromium intermediate feeding chrome tanning, pigments, and metal-finishing chemistries. It is used as an oxidizing agent in organic synthesis and dye production, in leather (chrome) tanning, in metal treatment and corrosion inhibition, in pigment and chromic-acid manufacture, and…
Color / PigmentationCorrosion Inhibition
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Sodium Perborate Monohydrate
CAS 10332-33-9
Sodium perborate monohydrate (CAS 10332-33-9) is a solid peroxoborate oxidizer that releases hydrogen peroxide in water, used as an active-oxygen bleach source in powdered laundry detergents and cleaning products.
Color / PigmentationBiocidal Action
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Sodium Selenate
CAS 13410-01-0
A water-soluble inorganic selenium source used as a selenium micronutrient additive in fertilizers, in glass manufacture, and as a laboratory reagent.
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Stearyl Alcohol (1-Octadecanol)
CAS 112-92-5
A C18 fatty alcohol that thickens, opacifies, and stabilizes emulsions while delivering emollient feel. It is used as an emollient, emulsion stabilizer, opacifier, and viscosity-controlling agent in cosmetics and creams, as an antifoam agent, in textile oils and finishes, and…
Cleaning / DegreasingEmolliency
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Talc (Talcum)
CAS 14807-96-6
A soft magnesium-silicate mineral milled to fine powder for filler, anti-caking, and lubricating duty across industries. it is used as a filler and pigment extender in paints, rubber, and plastics, an additive in ceramics and paper coatings, a carrier and…
Thickening / RheologyColor / Pigmentation
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Titanium Dioxide (TiO2)
CAS 13463-67-7
The benchmark white pigment for opacity and whiteness, supplied in bulk for coatings, polymer, and paper production. It functions as a pigment, opacifier, and filler across coatings, plastics, paper, and inks, and serves as a UV/light stabilizer in polymer systems.
Color / PigmentationUV Protection
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Tripotassium Phosphate (Potassium Phosphate Tribasic)
CAS 7778-53-2
A strongly alkaline potassium-phosphate salt used wherever buffering, sequestration, or potassium-phosphate enrichment is required. It functions as an alkaline buffering and pH-regulating agent, as a sequestrant and stabilizer in food applications, and as a source of potassium and phosphate in…
pH AdjustmentCleaning / Degreasing
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Ultramarine Blue (Ultramarines)
CAS 57455-37-5
A synthetic inorganic sodium aluminosilicate pigment (C.I. Pigment Blue 29) used as a blue colorant in paints and coatings, plastics, printing inks and cosmetics, and as a bluing agent in detergents.
Color / Pigmentation
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Zinc Carbonate (Basic Zinc Carbonate)
CAS 3486-35-9
A versatile inorganic zinc source spanning rubber compounding, ceramics, and feed. Industrial grades are used as a fire-retardant filler in rubber and plastics, as a pigment, and as a raw material for ceramics and other zinc salts.
Color / PigmentationSynthesis Intermediate
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Zinc Oxide (Zinc White)
CAS 1314-13-2
The workhorse zinc compound behind rubber vulcanization, coatings, and ceramics. Roughly half to sixty percent of consumption goes to the rubber industry as a vulcanization activator.
Biocidal ActionThickening / Rheology
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Zinc Phosphate
CAS 7779-90-0
An anti-corrosive pigment for industrial and protective primers that passivates steel and replaces legacy lead- and chromate-based inhibitors. It is used in solvent- and water-borne coatings, marine paints, and coil-coating systems.
Corrosion InhibitionColor / Pigmentation
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