Silica Sand Industrial Raw Materials
Silica Sand Used in industrial processing is composed of silicon and oxygen (SiO2).
SILICA SAND Or Industrial Sand
Consists of small grains or particles of mineral and rock fragments. The dominant component of silica sand is the mineral quartz, which is composed of Silicon Dioxide.
SILICA SAND CHARACTERISTICS FOR INDUSTRIAL USE
Purity and physical characteristics such as grain size and distribution, grain shape, sphericity, grain strength, and refractoriness.
Characteristics
- Pure white sandstone with a high content of silica (SiO2 more than 99%)
- It is mainly composed of quartz mineral grains
- Contains a little amount of impurities and heavy metals (less than 0.1%)
- It is white or colorless
- Quartz raw material is obtained from many sources
Names
- Silica Sand
- Quartz Sand
- Artificial sand
- White sand
- Glass Sand
Uses
- Glass industry
- Calcium Silicate Brick Industry
- Water Purification
- Building
- Manufacture of ceramics, porcelain, bricks, and tiles
- Medical and scientific applications
- Integrated electronic circuits and optical fibers industry
- Manufacture of solar collectors and transistors
- Carrying medicines inside the body
- Plant nutrition and composition
- Alternative to pesticides
- Processing plants
- It is involved in more than 122 different industries
- Various chemical industries
Silica Sand Industrial Raw Materials
Locations
There are large quantities of the purest silica in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Sifting Company for Industry mines and extracts the purest ores of silica and treats them physically and chemically and classifies them into several sizes of silica sand granules.
Also, the Sifting Company for Industry grinds silica sand to produce silica powder, which is used as a basic raw material for many other industries.
