Natural Sodium Bentonite Lumps

Listing ID #638643

We are offering natural sodium bentonite powder, natural sodium bentonite lumps. Sodium bentonite expands when wet, absorbing as much as several times its dry mass in water. Because of its excellent colloidal properties, it is often used in drilling mud for oil and gas wells and for geotechnical and environmental investigations. Sodium bentonite swells 15-18 times its dry size when wetted by water. Parameters standard result appearance lumps of 0 to 40 mm free flow powder color creamy white greenbrown moisture content 12% to 15% specific gravity 2.1 to 2.5 free swelling 20 to 30 ml value ph (2% soln) 8.0 to 9.0 bulk density 1100 to 1500 (1.10 to 1.50 gmml