Agate Resources

T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Feldspar offered by our company is a natural and pure chemical compound, which is used extensively in porcelain manufacturing units. Feldspar, which is a naturally occurring anhydrous, inorganic, igneous rock, is a complex of aluminum silicate containing varying amounts of sodium, potassium, and calcium. Feldspar is by far the most abundant group of minerals in the earths crust, forming about 60% of terrestrial rocks. Most deposits offer sodium feldspar as well as potassium feldspar and mixed feldspar. The Feldspar we are supplying is widely used in the Ceramic industries, Glass industries, Paints & Coatings (Chemical Resistant Coatings, Anti-skid/Anti-slip Coatings, Pipeline Coatings, etc). Feldspars are primarily used in industrial applications for their alumina and alkali content.Feldspar is an important ingredient in the manufacture of glass and an important raw material as well, because it acts as a fluxing agent, reducing the melting temperature of quartz and helping to control the viscosity of glass. In the manufacture of ceramics, feldspar is the second most important ingredient after clay. They improve the strength, toughness, and durability of the ceramic body, and cement the crystalline phase of other ingredients, softening, melting and wetting other batch constituents.Feldspars also are used as fillers and extenders in applications such as paints, plastics and rubber. In tableware, feldspar gives a good fusibility for a product without defects. In sanitary ware, the use of feldspar within vitreous ceramic bodies is used to facilitate the optimization process.

Owing to our vast experience in this domain, we are also engaged in supplying Gypsum Powder. Gypsum is chemically known as calcium sulfate dihydrate, gypsum contains calcium, sulfur bound to oxygen, and water. Gypsum is available in two forms, viz, mineral gypsum and by-product gypsum. The mineral gypsum is mined from land deposits. By-product gypsum is obtained as by-product from different chemical plants. And we are able to supply both forms of gypsum.Gypsum plays a very important role in controlling the rate of hardening of the cement. Gypsum is added to control the setting of cement. If not added, the cement will set immediately after mixing of water leaving no time for concrete placing.Gypsum is used as filler in papers, paints, nutrient in growing yeast, insecticides. It is used in the manufacturing of cement, Plaster of Paris, fire proof wall boards for building construction, etc.Gypsum is also used in the agricultural process. Gypsum-treated soil has a lower bulk density compared with untreated soil. Calcium, which is supplied in gypsum, is essential to the biochemical mechanisms by which most plant nutrients are absorbed by roots. Gypsum improves water infiltration rates into soils and also the hydraulic conductivity of the soil. It is protection against excess water runoff from especially large storms that are accompanied with erosion. Use of gypsum can decrease wind and water erosion of soil.We generally offer volumes of gypsum with the following specification.