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Sodium Silicate
Sodium silicate provides strong bonding to another material, thus being utilized in industries as an adhesive, particularly on paperboard manufacturing conducted by the pulp and paper industry and other industries which need adhesive on their manufacturing. Since the occurrence of sodium silicate raw materials in the form of quartz is abundant, sodium silicate is easily obtained at an affordable price. Global demands of sodium silicate are required in the solid and liquid form, which the majority of liquid form is used as an adhesive of fiber drums and paper tubes. We provide sodium silicate with various quantities, grades, and packaging for your market and industry solution.
Manufacturing Process
Sodium silicate can be manufactured through hot steaming, dissolution, or reduction reaction. The hot steaming process is conducted by mixing caustic soda, water, and silica, while dissolution is conducted by dissolving silica in molten sodium carbonate.
Silica and soda ash are fused at a high temperature (1100 – 1200 °C) which will produce an amorphous solid consisting of a soda ash and silica mixture.
The amorphous solid obtained from the fusion process is sometimes needed in a form of a solution, thus the solution is further manufactured by dissolving the solid using water to a reactor in a high-pressure condition and will produce sodium silicate or well-known called water glass.
Applications
Pulp and Paper
Sodium silicate is used as an adhesive on cardboard manufacturing in a cement form.
Water Treatment
Sodium silicate is used as a coagulant and flocculant in wastewater treatment plants, particularly the metal colloid. Large aggregates are created and sink to the bottom of the water by binding the sodium silicate to colloidal molecules in the water.
Metal and Steel
Sodium silicate bind the sand when sand casting of iron or steel is being conducted.