Products & Applications
Barite is identified as an important mineral that composed of barium sulfate (BaSO4), widely used in the oil and gas industry as a weighting agent in drilling mud, filler for diverse industries to produce coatings and paints, plastics and rubber, paper, to produce cement, mortar and concrete, raw materials for making zinc barium white pigment and various barium compounds.
Property | Unit | Typical value |
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Content of BaSO4 | % | ≥90 |
Specific Gravity | g/cm3 | ≥4.15 |
Water soluble alkaline earth metals, as Ca | mg/kg | ≤250 |