barytes


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Synonyms for barytes

a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4)

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Metal concentration in soils, ponds and associated food crops in Azara derelict barytes mining area in Nigeria.
Gesner Id and Number Gesner Location Schorl GN1075 Connick's Mills, Waewig River Novaculite or Hone Campobello Slate GN 1253 Fossil Corallines Digdeguash River GN1363.GN1364 Sulpuret of copper GN1127 Digdeguash Sulphate of barytes GN1072 Chance Harbour Serpentine GN 1093 Musquash Spirifers and other Near Ocnabog Lake shells GN1400 Black oxide of Quaco manganese GN1007 Part of a large Grindstone Island fossil tree GN1551 Bitumea GN Westmorland Coal GN 722?
Barytes is a grey powder, having a specific gravity of about 4.
Beattie JA, Haldane A D (1958) The occurrence of palygorskite and barytes in certain parna soils of the Murrumbidgee region, New South Wales.
Nevertheless, the company managed to continue selling barytes, which provided for (provisional unaudited) revenues and EBIDTA of INR178.73m and INR11.74m, respectively, during the ten months of fiscal 2011.
Table 2--Extender Pigment Characteristics Pigment Gloss Oil Hardness Properties Reduction Absorption Calcium Low Low Medium General filler with high carbonate pH Talc High High Soft Inexpensive platy flattener, very soft Clay Medium High Medium General purpose filler Barium Low Low Medium General purpose filler sulphate - with high density barytes Mica Medium Medium Medium In exterior paints will lower water penetration Alumina Low Low Medium Spacer and stain resistance Ceramic Low Low Hard Abrasion resistance, microspheres opaque Silica Medium Medium Hard Good clarity and hardness Fumed silica High High Hard Flattener with anti-sag/settle Nepheline Low Low Medium Good general filler syenite
The water-swellable fillers can be bentonite, lignite, alumina trihydrate, barytes, calcium carbonate, chlorite, clays, pyrophyllite, talc, polyacrylic acid, polyacrylamide, sodium polyacrylate, cellulose esters, ethylene vinyl chloride, acrylic resins, alkyd resins, polyethylene oxide, collagens, gelatins, or ethylene acrylic acid copolymers.
The lead-mine of Fallowfield near Hexham, in Northumberland, is known to modern collectors of minerals as the locality where the finest specimens of crystallized carbonate of barytes [witherite] have yet been obtained.
Raja Reddy, who began his career as a manager in Mangampet barytes mines, later captured the mines by allegedly killing the owner Venkata Narasaiah.
(zinc sulfide and blanc fixe) Spectra Colorants (pigment dispersions) 20 Microns Limited (barytes, clays, Ti[O.sub.2] extenders)
Consul further declared that India ranks high position in the production of barytes, coal and lignite, iron ore, kyanite/sillimanite and talc/steatite/pyrophyllite, bauxite, manganese ore and steel (crude), and aluminum and copper (refined).
Mineral fillers/extenders include barytes, calcium carbonate, attapulgite clay, bentonite clay, and talc.
The Nigerian government has invested heavily in the generation of vital information on minerals including coal, gypsum, barytes, kaolin and talc.
Table 3: Formulation of components paints Component paint Zinc Red MIO Ti Talc Silica phosphate iron [Os.ub.2] oxide CP 1 39 43 -- -- 6 8 CP 2 39 43 -- -- 684 -- CP 3 -- -- 55 -- 8 11 CP 4 -- -- 55 -- 8 11 CP 5 -- -- -- 57 23 -- CP 6 -- -- -- 57 23 -- Component paint China clay Mica Barytes CP 1 4 -- -- CP 2 -- -- -- CP 3 7 19 -- CP 4 7 19 -- CP 5 -- -- 20 CP 6 -- -- 20