Silica Sand

We offer Silica Sand. Silica Sand is produced by crushing sand stone or quartzite of open texture, and washing and garding it to yield requisite grain distribution. Silica flour is produced by crushing, grinding and washing the high grade quartz, quartzite rocks or from white Silica Sand. Silica Sand is used for water purification and manufacture of glass, synthetic, foundry, moulding catalysts, disodium ultramarine etc.
Chemical Composition : Sio₂ the general impurities are iron/aluminum oxides and lime
Physical Characters : Sandstone is friable and hard. The grain size of the particles is variable. It is friable and mainly brown to grey in color.
Uses

• Silica Sand is used for acid heat resistant ceramics, refractories, pottery glaze, enamel etc.
• Silica Sand of 150 mesh is used in sawing stone, grinding and surfacing glass and polishing marble.
• Rounded grains of Silica Sand are used for sand blasting.
• The Silica Sand is also used as filler in paints 'wood paste', moulded hard rubber goods, gypsum plasters, oxychloride acoustic plasters and soap.