Industrial Minerals

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  Año 2004, Número 445

  • Mullite makes good Driven by the pursuit of high performance, high quality minerals to meet the demands of an increasingly sophisticated refractories and foundry market, the use of synthetic minerals such as mullite has risen dramatically

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  • Refractory monolithics Monolithics are versatile products used to achieve a continuous refractory layer within installations, with many advantages over bricks

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  • Ceramic tiles Although traditionally the leading producer of ceramic tiles, the European tile industry has in recent years been suffering from decreasing production and sales with forever-increasing global competition

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  • Silane treated fillers The performance of filler minerals used in plastics can be greatly enhanced by surface modification with silanes

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  • Minerals on the Move Break bulk: Break bulk is the shipping of materials that are packaged and non-containerised

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  • Processing The final grind An investigation into the application of MaxxMill® for the final grinding of porcellanato tile mixes

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