Clay Specialties
CERATOFIX™
Edition Date :
December 05, 2024
Clariant offers a wide range of specialty products based on bentonite clays.
Ranging from pharmaceutical ingredients to rubber processing, a plethora of industries and applications benefit from the unique properties of this remarkable material.
Our specialty products include:
TERRANA™ bentonite powders, which are applied in the purification processes for both waste water treatment and drinking water preparation.
CERATOSIL™ /CERATOFIX™ materials which help the ceramic, rubber and plastics industry to improve quality and production efficiency.
| Clariant's
CERATOFIX®-qualities are
special additives based on layered silicates for tailored adsorption /
desorption of side products or target molecules in biochemical and chemical
industries as well as in different process streams of various industries.
Specific rheological effects like viscosity and yield point are implemented to liquids which prevent pigments and extenders from settling. These adsorption capacities combined with antisettling and rheological effects are available due to their high content of active component after fine milling and / or classifying steps. By that means specific CERATOFIX®- qualities additionally are predestined as special additives for antitack- and release-agents which are necessary for the production of tires and technical elastomers. The CERATOFIX®- series is historically and step-by-step developed in staggered productgroups meeting different market needs within different applications: * Starting with "classic" grades like alkali activated bentonites based on unburned clays with balanced rheological properties, fine milled or classified. * As "progressive" grades natural sodium and calcium bentonites without additional activation with electrolytes as well as white qualities with low contents of colouring metall salts are described. * At the high-end level the "premium"-grades formulate a segment of tailored alkali activated layered silicates with very fine particle-size distribution and are based on high contents of active substances like smectite, montmorillonite followed by low contents of accompanying minerals and sideproducts. As a consequence these graduated CERATOFIX® - additives may meet different appropriate technical requirements and needs accordingly. |
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