What is silica?
Precipitated silica has its roots in the rubber industry and, thanks to the increasingly sophisticated demands of end users, it's more integral to rubber compounding than ever.
Silica is a versatile inorganic chemical which is used for reinforcement of rubbers. Thickening and thixotropy of coating and paints, printing inks and cosmetics, anti blocking of plastic foils, free running and free flow of sticky solid and liquid substances, carrier for pesticides, insecticides, high temperature insulation, stabilizing of beer and in silicon rubber as reinforcing filler. It imparts good finish, strength and balances at the required physico-chemical properties of products.
Uses of silica
Tyres, Industrial Rubber, Silicone Rubber, Footwear
