Wollastonite is a naturally occurring metasilicate fibrous mineral with many excellent properties for industrial applications. Wollastonite is a high-quality ceramic raw material and metallurgical auxiliary; a high aspect ratio silica fume product can be used as a filler for plastics, rubber and paint coatings, and plays the dual role of reinforcement and increment. Wollastonite (CaSiO3 or Ca3[Si3O9]) is a chain metasilicate mineral, which has two variants of high temperature and low temperature. Generally speaking, wollastonite refers to β-CaSiO3. Wollastonite crystals develop along the {001} plane, the aggregates are fibrous, needle-like, bright white or white with light gray, light green, light red, glass or pearl luster, fibrous with silky luster; low oil absorption High electrical resistance, low dielectric constant, non-magnetic, low thermal expansion coefficient, excellent heat resistance, corrosion resistance, weather resistance and mechanical properties; chemically inert at low temperature, easy to mix with kaolinite, pyrophyllite, talc at high temperature Wait for the solid phase reaction to occur. Industrial applications of wollastonite Wollastonite products can be divided into two categories: high aspect ratio wollastonite and ground wollastonite. The former is widely used in plastics, rubber, asbestos substitutes, paints, coatings and other fields, and is the most promising application of wollastonite. field, the latter is mainly used in the ceramics and metallurgical industries. as ceramic raw material Wollastonite can be used to prepare various electric porcelain, architectural porcelain and daily-use porcelain, accounting for 40% to 45% of the total consumption. Wollastonite can densify the ceramic structure, improve the mechanical strength, reduce the expansion coefficient, improve the molding quality, reduce the firing temperature, shorten the firing cycle, and achieve the purpose of energy saving and efficiency. In the glaze industry, wollastonite can improve the whiteness of the glaze, improve the fluidity, and reduce the puncture of the product. Wollastonite can improve the thermal shock resistance of the green body, and the anorthite produced by the solid-phase reaction has a low melting point (1550°C), enabling rapid sintering at low temperatures. The microscopic wollastonite chain strengthens the connection between the glass phase particles, so that the product can withstand mechanical processing such as sawing and drilling, and also provides a low-loss insulating crystalline phase, which can be used as electrical and electronic ceramics. Replacing glass fiber as a reinforcing material for plastics Wollastonite for fillers has the characteristics of great potential, highest added value and fast growth. At present, wollastonite in this field accounts for about 25% of the total consumption. Wollastonite can replace or partially replace glass fiber as the reinforcement of polymer composites, improve material performance, reduce costs, and play the dual role of increment and reinforcement; its application research focuses on wollastonite reinforced composites in electronic components, Applications in packaging materials, high-performance rubber and plastic products, automotive casings, molds, and optical disc materials. The filling content of silane-modified wollastonite reinforced nylon reaches 50%, the impact strength is increased by more than 20 times, and it has a very low moisture absorption rate; high aspect ratio wollastonite and carbon fiber filled PTFE resin can be made into automatic sealing The ring body is used in the pressure reducing valve, butterfly valve and compressor repeating shaft.  

Wollastonite is an inorganic acicular mineral with non-toxic, chemical resistance, good thermal stability and dimensional stability, glass and pearl luster, low water absorption and oil absorption, excellent mechanical and electrical properties, and a certain amount of supplementation. strong effect, etc. Wollastonite products can be divided into two categories: high aspect ratio wollastonite (10:1) and ground wollastonite. Its performance varies from application to application.     High aspect ratio wollastonite mainly uses its needle-like physical and mechanical properties, and is widely used in plastics, rubber, asbestos substitutes, paints and other fields, which can increase the hardness, flexural strength, impact resistance of products, and improve the electrical properties of materials , improve thermal stability and dimensional stability.   The ground wollastonite powder is mainly used in the ceramic and metallurgical industries. The SiO2 and CaO components in wollastonite provide low expansion rate and good thermal shock resistance.   Application status of wollastonite   as ceramic raw material   Wollastonite can densify the ceramic structure, improve the mechanical strength, reduce the coefficient of wet expansion, improve the strength and quality of the green body, reduce the sintering temperature, realize rapid sintering at low temperature, and achieve the purpose of energy saving and efficiency. In the glaze industry, wollastonite can improve the whiteness of the glaze, improve the flow performance, and reduce the defects of the products.   Wollastonite can be used to prepare various electric porcelain, architectural porcelain, daily-use ceramics and brake pads. China's wollastonite is mainly consumed in glazed tiles and ceramic blanks, accounting for more than 50% of the total wollastonite consumption.   as plastic reinforcing filler   Wollastonite has unique needle-like fibers, good insulation, wear resistance, and high refractive index, which can improve impact strength, enhance fluidity, and improve tensile strength, impact strength, linear tensile and mold shrinkage , is a better filling material for plastic and rubber products.   Wollastonite, as a filler and reinforcing agent in the plastics and rubber industry, is the application field with the most potential, the highest added value and the fastest growth. At present, this field accounts for 19-25% of the total world consumption of wollastonite. Demand for metal components is increasingly being replaced in manufactured goods, and the market demand is growing rapidly.   as asbestos substitute   Wollastonite has needle-like properties, low thermal expansion and excellent thermal shock resistance, and is an ideal substitute for short-fiber asbestos. At present, the total amount of wollastonite used as a substitute for asbestos accounts for 20-25% of the world's wollastonite consumption.   In terms of construction, wollastonite can still maintain its unique needle-like structure after special processing technology, so that the impact resistance, bending strength, The wear resistance is greatly improved. And because wollastonite has the advantages of non-toxic, odorless, non-radioactive, etc., it gradually replaces asbestos, which is harmful to human health, and becomes a new raw material for environmental protection building materials in the new century; in terms of friction materials, wollastonite with high friction coefficient is partially replaced. The friction materials prepared from asbestos have good comprehensive properties and are mainly used in brake pads, valve plugs, automobile clutches and other fields.   as paint filler   Wollastonite is used as a filler for paint coatings, which can improve the physical and chemical properties, durability and weather resistance of products, and reduce problems such as paint breakage and aging. At the same time, high-purity wollastonite can also replace expensive titanium dioxide as a white pigment, which is widely used in coatings to reduce the oil absorption of coatings, maintain alkalinity, and enhance corrosion resistance.   At present, wollastonite is rarely used in coatings, and wollastonite for coatings only accounts for 2-5% of the world's total consumption of wollastonite.   as metallurgical aid   Wollastonite has low temperature fluxing properties, stable chemical composition, high purity and neutral alkalinity. This excellent characteristic provides an ideal raw material for the protective castables of metallurgical steelmaking, especially wollastonite contains very little Al2O3, so the metallurgical mold slag made has a very strong ability to adsorb harmful inclusions of Al2O3 in molten steel, so it is widely used. in the metallurgical industry. At present, about 12-15% of the world's wollastonite is used in the metallurgical industry.   From ordinary carbon steel, manganese steel to stainless steel continuous casting, slag types from billet, bloom, slab to out-of-furnace refining, etc., wollastonite-based mold slag is widely used, replacing expensive imported Molding slag has played a role in promoting the development of metallurgical steelmaking industry.   as paper filler   The papermaking-grade wollastonite powder can still maintain its unique needle-like structure after special processing technology, so that the white board paper added with wollastonite powder can improve its whiteness, opacity (surface covering degree), flatness, smoothness , Adaptability, reduce the difference in the quantification of the profile and the wet deformation of the cardboard, improve the printing adaptability, and can greatly reduce the use of various other raw materials, and reduce the cost of paper products in general.   Due to the improvement of processing methods and the acquisition of ultra-fine particles, potential new uses are being discovered one after another, making wollastonite more and more widely used. Some experts predict that the demand for wollastonite in the ceramic industry will increase year by year at a rate of about 5%. The fastest growing is the rubber and plastics industry, especially the engineering plastics industry.

Wollastonite is a triclinic system, thin plate-like crystals, and the aggregates are radial or fibrous. The color is white, sometimes with light gray, light red tones. Vitreous luster and pearl luster on the cleavage surface. The hardness is 4.5~5.5, and the density is 2.75~3.10g/cm3. Completely soluble in concentrated hydrochloric acid. Under normal circumstances, it is resistant to acid, alkali and chemical corrosion. Hygroscopicity is less than 4%. Low oil absorption, low conductivity and good insulation. Wollastonite is a typical metamorphic mineral, mainly produced in the contact zone between acid rock and limestone, and coexists with fushan stone and garnet. Also found in deep metamorphic calcareous crystalline schist, volcanic eruptions and some alkaline rocks. Wollastonite is an inorganic acicular mineral, which is characterized by non-toxicity, chemical corrosion resistance, good thermal stability and dimensional stability, glass and pearl luster, low water absorption and oil absorption value, excellent mechanical and electrical properties, and certain properties. Reinforcing effect. Wollastonite products with long fibers and easy separation, low iron content and high whiteness. This product is mainly used as a reinforcing filler for polymer matrix composites. Such as plastics, rubber, ceramics, coatings, building materials and other industries.   main feature: Wollastonite belongs to a chain metasilicate, and is also a fibrous and needle-like silicate. Because of its special crystal morphology and crystal structure, wollastonite has good insulation, high whiteness, good dielectric properties and high heat and weather resistance. Because wollastonite is widely used in ceramics, chemical industry, metallurgy, papermaking, plastics, coatings and other fields. The chemical molecular formula of wollastonite is CaSiO3, the structural formula is Ca3[Si3O9], the theoretical chemical composition: CaO 48.25%, SiO251.75%, transparent brittle crystal with glass texture or pearl texture. Pure wollastonite is rare in nature. In the process of its formation, Ca is sometimes partially replaced by Fe, Mn, Ti, Sr and other ions to form a homogeneous body, and is mixed with a small amount of Al and a small amount of K, Na, so it has a white color. , gray-white, light green, pink, brown, red, yellow and other colors, mixed with white stripes. Due to the different conditions such as temperature and pressure during the formation of wollastonite, three homogeneous polymorphs may appear: ①Tc-type wollastonite with triclinic chain structure, commonly known as low-temperature triclinic wollastonite (α-CaSiO3); ②ZM-type para-wollastonite with monoclinic chain structure, commonly known as para-wollastonite (α′-CaSiO3); ③ Pseudo wollastonite with triclinic ternary ring structure, commonly known as pseudo wollastonite (β-CaSiO3). Low-temperature triclinic wollastonite is widely used as an industrial mineral raw material. Low-temperature triclinic wollastonite is a triclinic crystal system, most of which are needle-like, fibrous or flake-like, often clustered in fan-shaped, radial aggregates, and some are in the form of fine particles. White microstrip gray, red, vitreous luster, the cleavage plane is pearl luster, the cleavage plane is parallel and medium, and the intersection angle of the two groups of cleavage planes is 74°. The density is 2.78～2.91 g/cm3, the hardness is 4.5～5, and the melting point is 1540℃. The thermal expansion coefficient is low, the thermal expansion coefficient is 6.5×10-6 mm/(mm·℃) at 25～800℃, the PH value is 9.9, and it has excellent heat resistance, corrosion resistance and weather resistance. ; It can be converted into pseudo wollastonite at about 1125 ℃, the thermal expansion coefficient increases at this time, and the color changes from white to cream, red or brown due to the release of impurities such as Fe and Sr. The natural types of wollastonite ore usually have two types: skarn type ore and wollastonite-quartz-calcite type ore. The former is mainly produced in skarn deposits, with complex mineral components, often associated with skarn minerals such as quartz, calcite, diopside, and garnet; the latter is mainly produced in contact metamorphic and regional metamorphic deposits, with mineral groups. The points are simple and can be divided into 3 subtypes: wollastonite-quartz, wollastonite-calcite and wollastonite-quartz-calcite. There are usually two kinds of structures of wollastonite ore: dense massive ore with fine-grained granite or fibrous crystal structure, dense massive structure, wollastonite is a fine granular, columnar or fibrous aggregate, and individual extremely Fine-grained and dense ones are jade-like; coarse-crystalline wollastonite ore has a fibrous crystalline structure, massive, breccia-like, giant spot-like or strip-like structure, wollastonite crystals are coarse, plate-columnar, bundle-like or radial (Chrysanthemum-shaped). Process performance: Wollastonite also has unique technological properties, such as the use of wollastonite raw materials, which can effectively reduce the shrinkage of the green body. Moreover, the hygroscopic expansion of the green body can be reduced, and the later dry cracking of the ceramic green body can be prevented. The wollastonite-containing body also has higher mechanical strength and lower dielectric loss. The green body of wollastonite is introduced into the sintering process, and the maturity speed is accelerated, and the green body can be matured within ten minutes to several tens of minutes, which greatly reduces the heat loss per unit product. , down to just 50 minutes. Wollastonite was first introduced into the formulation of glazed tile blanks, which reduced the thermal energy loss of the tile from 3600 kcal/kg to 1850 kcal/kg product. In addition to glazed tiles, wollastonite raw material has expanded its application range. The effect of its energy saving and consumption reduction has been obvious to all people in the ceramic industry. Processing: The purification task of wollastonite is to select harmful iron minerals and reduce the content of limited minerals such as calcite, tremolite, garnet, and quartz. The purification methods include hand selection, screening, magnetoelectric separation, flotation and combined selection. Wollastonite as an emerging raw material of industrial concern comes from its special needle-like structure. In addition to being fine-grained and surface-activated like other mineral powders, the aspect ratio should also be maintained as much as possible. Natural wollastonite products can be divided into five categories according to particle size: block, ordinary powder, fine powder, ultrafine powder and needle powder. The preparation method of powder is mainly mechanical pulverization. The equipment used for wollastonite plagiarism processing includes gravel mill, jet mill, high-speed mechanical impact magic machine, etc. Mechanical pulverization can be divided into dry method and wet method, wet method saves energy and protects the fiber aspect ratio; mechanical pulverization based on shear force can obtain wollastonite ultrafine powder with high aspect ratio. Application areas: The papermaking-grade wollastonite powder can still maintain its unique needle-like structure after special processing technology, so that the white board paper added with wollastonite powder can improve its whiteness, opacity (surface covering degree), flatness, smoothness , Adaptability, reduce quantitative transverse difference and wet deformation of cardboard, improve printing adaptability, and can greatly reduce the use of various other raw materials, and reduce the cost of paper products in general. Adding appropriate amount of wollastonite powder to the ceramic raw materials can greatly reduce the firing temperature, shorten the firing time, and achieve low-temperature and rapid one-time firing. It saves a lot of fuel and significantly reduces the cost of the product; at the same time, it improves the mechanical properties of the product, reduces the crack and warpage of the product, increases the luster of the glaze, and improves the strength of the embryo body, thereby improving the qualification rate of the product. Wollastonite can be used to make brake pads, ceramic glaze, etc., and is widely used in automotive, metallurgy, ceramics, plastics and other industrial production. Among them, the most promising field of wollastonite consumption in the world is the engineering plastics industry. As a filler and reinforcing agent in the plastics and rubber industry, wollastonite is increasingly replacing metal parts in industrial finished products. Demand is growing rapidly. Due to the improvement of processing methods and the acquisition of ultra-fine particles, potential new uses are being discovered one after another, making wollastonite more and more widely used. According to the forecast of foreign experts, the proportion of wollastonite applications in the future is as follows: 6% in the ceramic industry and related departments; 22% in coatings, plastics and decorative materials; 5% in asbestos substitutes; 12% in insulating ceramic foams for daily insulating items; Insulating ceramic foam for construction 6%; ceramic foam for refractory insulating layer 2%; ceramic foam for foundry production 4%; slag concrete block surface coating 3%; paper production 40%. coating It has a good reinforcement, which can not only improve the toughness and durability of the coating, but also keep the coating surface smooth and good gloss. Moreover, it improves the resistance to scrubbing and weathering, reduces the oil absorption of coatings and inks, maintains alkalinity, and has anti-corrosion capabilities. Can get high-quality bright color paint, and has good leveling and anti-aging properties. The coating can get better mechanical strength, increase durability, enhance adhesion and corrosion resistance. There is also good coverage and adhesion. plastic rubber With unique needle-like fibers, it has good insulation, wear resistance, and high refractive index. It is a good filling material for plastic and rubber products. Features and performance: Wollastonite powder can improve impact strength, enhance fluidity and improve tensile strength, impact strength, linear tensile and mold shrinkage. friction It is a special needle-like structure with unique physical and mechanical properties of wollastonite. Greatly enhances the friction resistance and heat resistance of the finished product. When the product is filled into it, it can improve the characteristics of friction flexibility and stability. papermaking After special processing technology, it can still maintain its unique needle-like structure, so that the white board paper added with wollastonite powder can improve its whiteness, opacity (surface layer coverage), flatness, smoothness, adaptability, reduce Quantitative transverse difference and wet deformation of cardboard, improve printing adaptability, and can greatly reduce the use of various other raw materials, and reduce the cost of paper products in general. building materials It is a kind of non-toxic, odorless, non-radioactive and other advantages that gradually replace asbestos which is harmful to human health, and become a new raw material for environmental protection building materials in the new century. After special processing technology, it can still maintain its unique needle-like structure, which greatly improves the impact resistance, bending strength and wear resistance of materials such as silicon calcium board and fireproof board with wollastonite acicular powder. In the field of building materials, wollastonite will be more widely used. ceramics An appropriate amount of wollastonite powder is added to the ceramic raw material to improve the qualified rate of the product.   Yield distribution: The world's wollastonite resources are abundant, and the total resources are estimated to be more than 800 million tons, but the distribution is very uneven. Only more than 20 countries have found wollastonite deposits, mainly distributed in China, India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, America, Mexico, the United States and other countries in Asia, with proven reserves of 300 million tons; in addition, Finland, Turkey , Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Canada and Yugoslavia have also found wollastonite deposits. China and India are the countries with the most abundant wollastonite resources in the world. Although China's wollastonite geological prospecting started relatively late, since 1975, great progress has been made in more than 20 years. More than 100 mineral deposits have been discovered in 17 provinces and autonomous regions, with an estimated resource of nearly 200 million tons. As of the end of 1996, there were 31 mining fields with proven reserves in 14 provinces and autonomous regions, with ore reserves of 132.65 million tons, ranking among the top in the world. Huojiadian, Lishu County, Jilin Province has the largest retained ore reserves, accounting for 40% of the national total retained ore reserves; the rest are Yunnan, Jiangxi, Qinghai, and Liaoning provinces, accounting for 49% of the national retained ore reserves; Zhejiang and Hunan 5 provinces, Anhui, Inner Mongolia and Guangdong, account for 10% of the country's reserves; Jiangsu, Guangxi, Hubei, and Heilongjiang account for 1% of the country's reserves. Among the 31 mineral fields with reserved reserves in my country, after the reserved ore reserves are converted into mineral reserves according to their grades, the scale of wollastonite deposits in the National Mineral Reserves Committee's "Wollastonite Geological Exploration Specifications" (trial) belongs to the extra-large scale. There are 6 mines, 12 large mines, 5 medium-sized mines, and 8 small mines. Among them: 18 mining sites have been exploited, including 4 extra-large mines, 8 large-scale mines, 2 medium-sized mines, and 4 small-scale mines, occupying a total of 76.61 million tons of retained ore reserves, accounting for 58% of the national retained ore reserves ; 10 mines are available, including 2 extra-large mines, 3 large mines, 1 medium-sized mine, and 4 small mines, with a total retained ore reserves of 48.16 million tons, accounting for 36% of the national retained ore reserves; Due to coexistence with other minerals, it is difficult to mine and select and due to poor mining conditions, there are 3 mining areas that are difficult to use, including 1 large mine and 2 medium-sized mines, with a total retained ore reserves of 7.88 million tons, accounting for 6% of the national retained ore reserves. %. Production, storage and transportation: The main production methods of wollastonite are as follows: First, it is formed by calcining and melting calcium oxide and silicon dioxide at high temperature; Second, in 150-200 mg of a mixture of calcium hydroxide and silica gel with a molar ratio of 1:1, add 5 mL of conductive water, use a silver-lined autoclave, and treat at 200 ° C for 10 days or at 180 ° C for 14 days. In the future, it is filtered, washed with acetone, and air-dried to obtain tombstone (CaO·SiO2·16H2O). If this compound is heated to above 800°C, it will be dehydrated and converted into β-CaSiO3; Thirdly, using the cooling of α-CaSiO3 for the preparation, the transfer of α-CaSiO3 to β-CaSiO3 is difficult in pure solid state, and even with relatively slow cooling, it is difficult to make the conversion proceed. Therefore, add calcium metavanadate Ca(VO3)2 which is about a fraction of its weight in α-CaSiO3 as flux, heat for several days at 800-900°C, extract with water and dilute hydrochloric acid to remove vanadate, namely β-CaSiO3 can be obtained; Fourth, pure quartz and calcium carbonate are mixed at a ratio of 1:1 (molar ratio) of CaO/SiO2, put into a platinum crucible and fully melted at a temperature above 1500°C. The storage conditions of wollastonite are mainly: to ensure that the storage container is sealed, the workshop has good ventilation or exhaust device, and it is placed in a cool and dry place. Prospects: my country's wollastonite output and export volume ranks first in the world. my country's wollastonite industry has an annual output of 550,000 tons. The products are exported to Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, and European countries such as Germany and Spain. The export volume reaches 200,000 tons, accounting for 70% of the international market. The main market for my country's wollastonite exports is Europe, with an export volume of about 150,000 tons per year. The products exported to Japan and South Korea are mainly ultra-fine needle powder. The wollastonite industry has achieved overall profits, but the profits are still very low. In particular, the appreciation of the RMB and the reduction of the export tax rebate rate from 8% to 0 have compressed the profit margins of enterprises. The increase in processing costs has brought a lot of pressure to corporate profits. From the perspective of import volume, the data shows that from January to September 2016, my country's wollastonite import volume reached 1,645.12 tons, an increase of 18.53% compared with the same period of the previous year. From the perspective of export volume, the data shows that from January to September 2016, my country's wollastonite export volume reached 151,200 tons, an increase of 2.86% compared with the same period of the previous year. Due to the continuous growth of domestic and foreign wollastonite market demand and the gradual increase in price, some large international companies pay close attention to my country's market and resource advantages, and try to seize my country's high-quality wollastonite resources through joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and then monopolize the market. Domestic enterprises and the policy departments of the regions where the resources belong should be cautious about the intervention of foreign capital, make rational and proper use of resources, and ensure the healthy development of the industry and enterprises.

Wollastonite belongs to a chain metasilicate, and is also a fibrous and needle-like silicate. Because wollastonite is non-toxic, has low oil absorption, low water absorption, thermal and chemical stability, high whiteness, and has unique powder fibers and other properties, it is widely used in architectural ceramics, coatings, plastics, rubber, metallurgy, etc. and refractory industries. At present, the annual consumption of wollastonite in the world is about 600,000 tons, ceramics account for about 40% to 50%, plastics 20% to 25%, asbestos substitutes 20% to 25%, metallurgy accounts for 10%, and pigments and others account for 5%. %. High aspect ratio wollastonite (15:1 ~ 20:1) is mainly used as a reinforcing functional filler in coatings, plastics and rubber to improve hardness, bending strength and impact resistance, and can also improve the electrical properties of plastics. Thermal stability, enhanced corrosion resistance and improved wear resistance; can also replace asbestos in the manufacture of friction materials, insulating materials and flame retardants. Ground-grade wollastonite (low aspect ratio wollastonite 3:1 to 5:1) is mainly used as raw materials for CaO and SiO2 in ceramic and glass manufacturing processes and as low-temperature flux in metallurgical industry.   1. Wollastonite is a very promising energy-saving ceramic raw material. Wollastonite as a ceramic raw material can increase the strength of the ceramic body and ceramic products, reduce the cracking of ceramics and glaze spots, increase the gloss of the glaze surface, and reduce fuel consumption. The demand for wollastonite in the ceramic industry will increase year by year at a rate of about 5%. Acicular wollastonite powder is used in special ceramics.   2. Because wollastonite is non-toxic and harmless, and has thermal stability and various enhancement properties, it naturally becomes the best substitute for asbestos. Every year, 35,000 to 40,000 tons of wollastonite with high aspect ratio are consumed in industries such as building materials and insulators. It is mainly used in firewall boards, cement materials and friction materials. Acicular wollastonite with high friction levels is mainly used in brake pads, valve plugs, and automotive clutches.​​   3. High-purity wollastonite powder, as an inorganic white extender pigment, is widely used in coatings and replaces expensive titanium dioxide. Replacing 30% of titanium dioxide with 320 mesh wollastonite powder can reduce the cost of latex paint in the range of 130-200 yuan/ton. Wollastonite has high hardness, Mohs hardness of 4.5 to 5, and low thermal expansion coefficient. It is an inert filler. It not only has good weather resistance, but its needle-like structure also has crack resistance, high whiteness and good tinting strength. As an important filler, it is becoming more and more important. Mostly used in exterior wall coatings.   4. Adding wollastonite powder to plastics can not only improve the tensile strength and flexural strength of plastic products, reduce the amount of resin, but also improve the thermal stability and shape stability of plastics at high temperature. The surface treatment of acicular wollastonite powder can improve the adsorption strength of wollastonite and organic polymers, and improve the properties of molded products. It is widely used in automotive plastics, PP, PV, PVC and other plastic products. At present, the most promising field of wollastonite consumption in the world is the engineering plastics industry. wollastonite is mainly used in nylon 6, nylon 66, polytetrafluoroethylene, polypropylene (PP), polyethylene, polystyrene and polyolefin Masterbatch, etc. Like nylon 6 and nylon 66, most are filled up to 40%.   5. Wollastonite has a special needle-like structure, white and non-toxic. It is an ideal filler for rubber after ultra-fine grinding and surface modification. It can not only reduce the production cost of rubber products, but also improve the mechanical properties of rubber. Special features that rubber itself does not have.   Wollastonite is used in light-colored rubber, and can replace titanium dioxide, clay and lithopone in a large amount, play a certain reinforcing role, and can improve the covering ability of white colorants, and play a whitening role.   To sum up, when wollastonite is used as a functional filler in the ceramic industry, plastics, rubber, paints, coatings, etc., it can effectively enhance the toughness, stability, strength, etc. of products, and can also reduce energy consumption. Isn't the filling and modification effect of wollastonite amazing?

From ancient times to the present, the paper industry has always been a traditional craft using plant fibers as raw materials. With the continuous increase in the price of wood pulp and the cost of recycling waste paper, as well as the enhancement of environmental protection awareness of forest resources, people continue to strengthen and optimize the papermaking process, look for substitutes or partial substitutes for paper fiber raw materials, and hope to be more environmentally friendly and green. way to inherit the papermaking craftsmanship. Today, a new type of papermaking material, fibrous minerals, can be used to partially replace plant fiber raw materials. The new fibrous mineral raw material is natural wollastonite from Jiangxi Province, which is gray-white and is a chain metasilicate. Its crystal form is divided into α-type and β-type, α-type is powdery, and β-type is needle-like or fibrous. The main content of SiO2 in wollastonite is generally about 45-50%, and the content of CaO is about 48%. The fibrous mineral is nontoxic, has low oil and water absorption, good thermal and chemical stability, and high whiteness, and can be used as a functional filler for materials such as papermaking, rubber and plastics. The distinguishing features of fibrous minerals are: 1. Fibrous minerals can partially replace plant fibers, and the dosage can reach about 15%, which can effectively save plant fibers, reduce production costs, and have good economic and social benefits. 2. There is a certain binding force between fibrous minerals and pulp fibers, and they have good affinity, especially after adding an appropriate amount of chemical additives, the two can form a good network structure. In addition to a slight decrease in the breaking length of the paper without adding fibrous minerals, the whiteness, opacity, printing surface strength, ash content, etc. are all improved. 3. The fibrous minerals are easy to operate in papermaking production and application, do not need to change the original process and equipment, the process is simple, the addition method is basically the same as that of talc powder, and the dosage can be adjusted at any time according to the production variety or production situation. The fibrous mineral is non-toxic, non-corrosive, non-polluting to the environment, and is used in a similar manner to ordinary fillers, which is conducive to popularization and acceptance by enterprises, and is a papermaking additive with good development prospects.