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Artic Mist
- CASE Ingredients Features
- High GlossHigh Oil AbsorptionHigh Tensile StrengthImproved Flexibility
- Chemical Name
- Talc
- Chemical Family
- Silicates
Artic Mist is an off-white, high-purity, extremely platy, very fine talc serving polymer, rubber, and coatings applications. Artic Mist® is recommended for excellent stiffness, HDT, and dimensional stability, as well as improved impact strength and esthetics in high-performance plastics, plastic nucleation, foamed plastics, plastic films, and wire and cable applications.
Identification
- CASE Ingredients Functions
- Filler
Product families
Applications
Paints & Coatings — Building & Construction
- Architectural Coatings
- Decorative Paints
Building & Construction — Building Envelope & Roofing
- Architectural Coatings
Building & Construction — Decorative Materials & Finishes
- Decorative Paints Coatings & Stains
Electrical & Electronics — Wire & Cable
- Jacketing & Insulation
Product Families
CASE Ingredients — Additives
- Fillers & Extenders
Elastomers — Elastomer Additives
- Fillers & Extenders
- Processing Aids
Plastics — Polymer Additives
- Performance Additives
Other characteristics
- Brand
- Artic Mist
- Synonyms
- Agalite, Talc (Mg3H2(SiO3)4), Talcum
- Functions
Filler, Nucleating Agent, Processing Aid, Reinforcement
- Labeling Claims
- High Purity
- Color
- Off White
- Markets
- Building & Construction
- Electrical & Electronics
- Paints & Coatings
- Technology
- CASE Ingredients
- Elastomers
- Plastics
- Material Features
- Dimensional Stability
- Good Aesthetics
- Good Aging Behavior
- Good Impact Strength
- High Heat Deflection Temperature
- High Performance
- High Purity
- High Stiffness
- Chemical Inventories
- AIIC (Australia)
- CHINV (Switzerland)
- CSNN (Taiwan)
- DSL (Canada)
- EINECS (EU)
- ENCS (Japan)
- IECSC (China)
- ISHL (Japan)
- Country Availability
- Canada
- USA
- Certifications and Compliance
- REACH Exempt (Europe)
- Plastics and Elastomers End Uses
- Cables
- Film
- Wires
- Plastics and Elastomers Functions
- Nucleating Agent
- Processing Aid
- Reinforcement
Technical data
Table 1 of 4
8 rows| Characteristic | Value | Unit | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fineness of Grind | 6.25 | — | Hegman gauge |
| Brightness | 88.0 | — | Minolta “Y” |
| Oil Absorption | 43.0 | g/100g | — |
| Specific Surface Area | 10.0 | m²/g | — |
| Specific Gravity | 2.8 | — | — |
| Moisture Content | 0.3 | wt% | — |
| Loose Bulk Density | 7.0 | lbs/ft³ | — |
| Tapped Bulk Density | 23.0 | lbs/ft³ | — |
Table 2 of 4
1 row| Characteristic | Value | Unit | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Diameter | 2.2 | microns | Sedigraph |
Table 3 of 4
1 row| Characteristic | Value | Unit | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talc Content | min. 98 | % | X-Ray Diffraction |
Table 4 of 4
1 row| Characteristic | Value | Unit | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnesite, Dolomite, Chlorite Contents | max. 2 | % | X-Ray Diffraction |
