Barite is a non-metal mineral barium sulfate (BaSO4) as main component, the hardness is small, Mohs hardness is 3 to 3.5 mesh. Barite can be used as a white pigment, but also for chemical, paper, textile filler, in glass production it can act as a flux and increase the brightness of glass. According to customer requirements, barite size arrange is 0-0 .5 cm, 0.5-3cm, 20-40 mesh, 40 - 70 mesh, 80 - 120 mesh, 140 - 180 mesh, 200 mesh, 325 mesh and 400 mesh.

Applications

1, the drilling mud weighting agent: barite used in drilling mud to reach the general fineness of 325 mesh or more.
2, lithopone pigments: Preparation requirements lithopone barite BaSO4 content should greater than 95%, and should not contain visible colored debris.
3, various barium compounds: the raw material for manufacturing barite barium oxide, barium carbonate, barium chloride, barium nitrate, barium sulfate, barium hydroxide and other chemicals.
4, packing industrial barite: In the paint industry, paper industry, rubber and plastics industry is also used as a filler barite.
5, the cement industry with a mineralizing agent: used in cement production barite, fluorite compound mineralizer to promote the incorporation of C3S formation, activation of C3S has a significant effect, improving the quality of clinker.
6, used as raw material of anti-ray cement, mortar and concrete.
7, road construction: Rubber and containing about 10% barite asphalt mixture has been successfully used parking lot.
8, Others: barite and oil applied to Burkina reconciliation manufactured on linoleum; barite powder for refined kerosene; in the pharmaceutical industry to do gastrointestinal contrast agent; also in pesticide, leather, manufacturing fireworks and so on. In addition, barite is also used to extract metals barium, as televisions and other vacuum getter, binder. Barium and other metals (aluminum, magnesium, lead, and calcium) made of alloy, for bearing manufacturing.