Specialty Chemicals
“Functional” ingredients such as bentonite, xanthan gum and fumed silica (e.g. Aerosil®) are widely used in the chemical industry. They present a number of challenges to the user, being difficult to incorporate into the base liquid and having a strong tendency to agglomerate when added to water. Some products require a degree of shear to develop their functional properties.
A Silverson high shear mixer can rapidly incorporate the powders to obtain an agglomerate-free dispersion with maximised yield. To find out more, please read the reports below.
Fumed Silica (also called colloidal silica) is a fluffy white powder with an extremely low density, ...
Bentonite is a naturally occurring aluminum silicate clay which can take up several times its own ...
Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide widely used for its thickening and stabilizing effect on emulsions ...