PQ Corporation
PQ Corporation Specialty Silicas
Superior Materials, Inc. is the PQ Corporation distributor for silica products with regional responsibilities in the eastern half of the United States depending on product range. We distribute GASIL® and SILCRON® silicas throughout most of the Southeast and portions of the Midwest to coatings and related industries. We distribute SORBOSIL®, NEOSYL®, MICROCAL® AND ALUSIL® Specialty Silicas for industrial, personal-care and related applications in the entire region east of the Mississippi River.
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Products
| GASIL® and SILCRON® silica gels | THE GASIL® MATTING RANGE FOR SURFACE COATING APPLICATIONS: Surface coatings is a common term used to identify applications within the paints, plastics and paper industries. These market segments require tightly-controlled, consistent additives which will enhance the end product performance. PQ Corporation meets these requirements with its wide range of Gasil® silica products and over 70 years of experience.
GASIL® silicas are also effective anti-caking/free-flow agents for a variety of materials with inherent poor flow properties, including powder coatings and powder consumer goods (GASIL 23FJ), foods and pharmaceuticals (GASIL 23FP, GASIL IJ624), and moisture scavenger (GASIL GM2F). These GASIL silica products comply with current FCC and USP standards and are acceptable for use as a food additive in accordance with 21CFR172.480. THE SILCRON® RANGE FOR SURFACE COATING APPLICATIONS: The Paint and Coating Industry’s demand for efficient and consistent matting agents for their formulations is fulfilled by the Silcron range of micronised silicas now available from PQ Corporation. The Silcron range offers matting solutions for the different sectors of the Coatings Industry, from Coil to Industrial Wood, and from Leather to Powder Coatings. In all cases the products engineering reflects over 70 years of experience in silicas’ manufacturing and an extensive knowledge of their industrial applications. Particle size control, weight efficiency and good dispersibility are among the features of the Silcron products that make them the product of choice for paints, lacquers, paper coatings and as liquid carrying additives. Due to their high purity and control of their physical parameters some of the Silcron grades are also fully certified for use in food and pharmaceuticals as thickeners, free-flow and tableting aids. |
| SORBOSIL® silicas | SORBOSIL® silicas are used in personal care applications such as toothpastes, in which they provide controlled abrasivity and thickening with optimized optical properties allowing them to be used in all formulations, including clear gels. |
| Neosyl® specialty silicas | Neosyl® Speciality Silicas are a range of precipitated silicas for use in the food and chemical industries to reduce caking, aid the flow of powdered products and serve to carry high viscosity liquids or to provide precise dosing of high value liquid ingredients. |
| Microcal® ET | Microcal® ET is a synthetic amorphous calcium silicate that combines small particle size with relatively high oil absorption to offer a useful high pH free flow agent for acid sensitive liquids and powders. Microcal® ET is also a white pigment and can be used as an extender for Titanium Dioxide. |
| Alusil® ET | Alusil® ET is a speciality amorphous sodium aluminosilicate with basic pH and high density precisely engineered to provide outstanding anti-caking properties that improve powder flow and storage. Alusil can be used alone as a high pH flow aid or in combination with Neosyl silicas to provide useful combination of anticaking and free flow properties. Alusil ET is also a white pigment and can be used as an extender for Titanium Dioxide. |
