Bleaching Earth

SILICAONE operates ONE bentonite mine and processing plant located at Telangana in India.Ore with consistent high quality supply to serve industries.

The mineral with a thousand uses

Attapulgite/Bentonite is a highly absorbent, viscous plastic clay which is a valuable binding, sealing, absorbing and lubricating agent in a huge variety of industries and applications.

Bleaching Earth, a highly effective adsorbent essential in the refining process for the purification and decolourisation of edible and non-edible oils, fats, tallow, petroleum jelly, paraffin oil and waxes.

Bentonite is an aluminum phyllosilicate clay composed of montmorillonite with the chemical formula

(Ca,Na)0,3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2 ·n H2O

Physical Properties

SILICAONE operates bentonite mines and processing plant located at Telangana in India.

SILICAONE operations supply consistent high-quality bentonite to serve foundry, oil drilling, paper industry, tunneling, ore pelletizing, dam, lake and landfill sealing, water treatment, pet litter and feed markets worldwide.

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Bentonite (Attapulgite/Bleaching Earth)

Natural Bleaching Earths : Calcium Bentonite (Formerly Known as Attapulgite)

Chemical Composition

Simple Table without Headers
SiO2 45 - 55
Al2O3 10 - 20
Fe2O3 2 - 10
MgO 0 - 5
CaO 0 - 8
Na2O 0 - 1
K2O 0 - 1

Note: Analysis may vary with bleaching earth source and is quoted as %dry weight. Elements present in the bleaching earth have been expressed as their oxides.

Physical & Chemical Properties

Properties Table
AppearanceFree flowing powder OdourOdourless pHAlkalined
Boiling PointN/A Melting PointN/A Flash PointN/A
FlammabilityNot flammable Explosive PropertiesNon-explosive Oxidizing PropertiesNone
Vapour PressureN/A Relative Density500 – 1000kg/m³ SolubilityNegligible solubility in
water, solvents or oil

Applications

NON ELIGIBLE OIL REFINING

Applications

Industries We Served

ELIGIBLE OIL REFINING

Applications

Industries We Served

Operations

Our Capabilities

8000+

MT of Raw Bleaching Earth Lumps Production/Month

23

Acres of Owned Mining Lease

85,000

MT of Bleaching Earth Supplied in both Domestic & International Markets in 2018-2020

1 M+

MT of Feldspar Reserves in both Owned & Partnered Mines

13+

Full Time Employees

1 Grades

Supplying Raw Bleaching Earth Lumps to Asia & Middle East

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