Different Industries Undertaking The Benefits of Using Mica Pigment Powder
by Dillon Patterson Article PublisherThe mica is a sheet of glittery
silicate minerals that contains various closely related materials that have
perfect basal cleavage. It is a group of minerals having similar physical and
chemical properties. They are all silicate minerals because they are found in
distinct layers. Its flakes are flexible, soft, heat resistant, and are fairly
light weight. In general, there are 37 different types of mica pigment powder;
most commonly used among them are black biotite, purple lepidolite, brown
phlogopite, and clear muscovite.
Various application of mica powder:
Welding electrodes - Muscovite ground mica is
widely used in mild steel rutile-based welding electrodes. These electrodes are
formed with a core of steel wire which is coated uniformly with
"flux" consisting mica as a lagging compound. The mica coating is
done to provide two distinctive types of protection while welding. First, it
assists in forming a fusible slag and a great seal at the adjoining area on the
arc. Second, it resists the action of the gaseous, heat, and other surrounding
atmospheric oxidization.
Paints - In the paint industry, the mica
pigment powder is used as an extender that facilitates suspension, prevents
shrinking and shearing of the paint sheet, reduces chalking, increases a
resistance of the paint sheet to weather and water penetration, and brightens
the tone of colored pigments. It also enhances paint adhesion in aqueous and
oleoresinous formulations. This is the second largest industry that uses the
mica pigments for its goods.
Automotive Acoustics - In the automobile
industry, its flakes are widely used as fillers in non-asbestos acoustic
products for the treatment of noise protection systems. The count of mica
acoustics compounds significantly enhances the properties of the material such
as improved heat and UV rays' resistance, reduced isotropic shrinkage and
permeability, increased tensile and flexural strength, and enhanced dielectric
and insulating properties. Therefore, mica is a unique mineral offering various
advantages over the treatment of reducing flammability, noise and vibration
absorption, adding low-temperature impact resistance, and high thermal
stability.
Plastic industry - Yes, the mica pigment
powder is also used in the plastic industry as an extender and filler,
especially, for lightweight insulation to suppress noise and vibration. Mica is
used as a strengthening component in plastic automobile fenders and fascia to
deliver better strength and enhanced mechanical properties, improve stiffness,
and dimensional stability. Mica-reinforced plastics consist of great heat
dimensional stability, excellent surface properties, and reduced war page for
any plastic filled composite.
Beauty products - As the micas are
naturally occurring mineral, they are safe to be used in cosmetic industry as
well to give excellent results after applying in on beauty products.
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