Exfoliated range used as mineral fillers in industry, particularly for plaster and concrete, as a horticultural preservative, as a protection and cushioning system for packaging’s and as a liquid absorbing agent.
Vermiculite is a lamellar structure mineral of the micas family (magnesium-aluminium-silicate). A heat treatment (± 900 ° C) causes the exfoliation of the mineral in an accordion shaped ore. The volume thus increases from 10 to 20 times and the stored air gives it a natural insulating property.
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