Calcium Carbonate High Quality - Cosmetics etc

CALCIUM CARBONATE

Calcipur 5-Og

High Quality Grade

Calcipur 5-Og is a high-purity calcium carbonate product manufactured by Omya, a global producer of industrial minerals. It is widely used in various industries due to its fine particle size, high purity, and versatility. Calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) is a naturally occurring mineral that is used in cosmetics for various functions due to it's smooth textures and uniformity. 

Calcium carbonate is generally compatible with a wide range of cosmetic ingredients, making it easy to incorporate into various products like foundations, face powders, creams, lotions, and exfoliating products.

Uses of Calcium Carbonate in Cosmetics:

1. Abrasive: Acts as a mild abrasive in products like toothpaste and exfoliating scrubs, helping to remove dead skin cells or dental plaque.
2. Opacifying Agent: Helps to reduce the transparency or translucency of cosmetic formulations, giving products a more opaque appearance.
3. Bulking Agent: Adds bulk to cosmetic formulations without affecting their active properties.
4. Absorbent: Can absorb excess oils and moisture, making it suitable for products like powders or mattifying formulations.

Industrial Applications:

• Paints and Coatings: Acts as a filler and extender in paints, coatings, and sealants, improving the texture and providing opacity.
• Plastics and Polymers: Used as a filler in plastic manufacturing, enhancing mechanical properties and reducing production costs.
• Paper Industry: Serves as a paper coating pigment and filler to improve brightness, opacity, and printability.
• Agriculture - Soil Conditioner: Provides a source of calcium to improve soil quality, adjust pH levels, and enhance crop yields.

PLEASE NOTE: This product is not for human or animal consumption.

Properties of calcium carbonate

• Synonyms: pulverised Limestone; chalk; calcite; french chalk, whiting;
• Formula: CaCO₃
• CAS No: 471-34-1
• EINECS: 215-279-6
• Appearance: Fine white powder
• Density: 2.71 g/cm³
• Molar Mass: 100.09 g/mol
• Melting point: 825 C
• Solubility: very low solubility in water 0.15 g/100 mL
• Refractive index: 1.59
• pH: 9

Calcium carbonate reacts with strong acids to produce the salt of the acid and carbon dioxide gas. When heated above 825C it releases carbon dioxide leaving the calcium oxide, also known as quicklime. When calcium carbonate is dissolved in water saturated with carbon dioxide it produces a solution of calcium bicarbonate.

Other Uses For Calcium Carbonate

• Manufacture of lime and cement
• Purification of Iron from iron ore in a blast furnace
• Filtercake agent in drilling industry
• Added to drilling fluids to increase their density
• An extender in paints
• As a filler & extender in plastics industry
• Used in the manufacture of disposable nappies
• Manufacture of fillers, putty, adhesives and sealants
• Whiting in ceramics
• Manufacture of glass
• Used in the manufacture of paper
• pH corrector for alkalinity in swimming pools
• Manufacture of blackboard chalk
• Used as an abrasive in scouring creams and scouring powders
• In fertilisers as a source of calcium and stabilising soil acidity.
• As passive fire protection in hazardous environments.
• Source of alkalinity used for flue gas desulphurisation in power stations.

Calcium carbonate has a wealth of uses: as a flux in steel production and in processing of non-ferrous metals; in bricks, mortar and concrete for construction; as a raw material in glass; in the construction of roads and dams; in the manufacture of paper, paints and dyes, carpeting and other floor coverings; and in the treatment of water, industrial waste, gases and household refuse. It is also used to reduce soil acidity in agriculture.