Silicon Dioxide/ Silica / Quartz

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Silicon Dioxide / Silica / Quartz Key Words:

Silica dioxide, silicon dioxide, crystalline silica, quartz, amorphous fumed silica,
food grade silica, flint, hydrophobic fumed silica, treated fumed silica, untreated
fumed silica, amorphous fused silica, precipitated amorphous silica,
microcrystalline silica, foundry sand, utility sand, fracturing sand, silica sand,
silica, flint, glass sand, melting sand, engine sand, blasting sand, traction sand,
hydraulic fracing sands, filter sand, soft silica, condensed silica fume, cristobalite,
tridymite, synthetic fused silica, hydrated precipitated silica, colloidal silica, silica
dispersion, and silica aerogels.

Silicon Dioxide / Silica / Quartz Designations:

Chemical Name: Silicon dioxide

Chemical Formula: SiO2

Silicon Dioxide / Silica / Quartz Description:

Silica is noncombustible, colorless or white, tasteless "crystals". It occurs

naturally in the crystalline and amorphous forms. The specific gravity and
melting point depend on the crystalline form. Silica is known to occur in 17
crystalline phases or modes and five amorphous phases.

Silicon Dioxide / Silica Types Available:

a) Aerogel

b) Amorphous

c) Colloidal
 d) Crystalline

e) Diatomaceous

f) Food grade

g) Fumed

h) Fused

i) Hydrophilic

j) Hydrophobic

k) Novaculite

l) Precipitated

m) Quartz

n) Synthetic

o) Traction sand

p) MIL-S-14760 (AR) specification (milspec. cancelled on 4 FEB 03)

q) SAE- AMS3755B (fumed, white & amorphous powder)

Silicon Dioxide / Silica Technical Comment:

a) Fused silica is amorphous

b) Silica sand is crystalline

Silicon Dioxide / Silica Physical Properties Available:

Coarse Powder, Fine Powder, Sand, Crystals, Fibers, Gel, and Rod

Silicon Dioxide / Silica Typical Applications:

Filler for paints, plastic, epoxy, glassmaking, papers, seed germination, cosmetics,
automotive, storage, wood & metal primer, water retardation, powder coating,
structural concrete forms, masonry treatment, chromatographic column
treatment, wood treatment, powder metal molding, etc.

Silicon Dioxide / Silica Packaging:

Jars, pails, drums, multiply paper bags, bulk bags and fiberboard containers. For
further information on packaging options Contact READE

Silicon Dioxide / Silica TSCA (SARA Title III) Status:

Listed. For further information please call the E.P.A. at 1.202.554.1404 or the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at 1.800.35-NIOSH.

Silica Safety Information:

 Please visit these two respected websites OSHA & NIOSH for valuable health & safety
information

Silicon Dioxide / Silica CAS Numbers:

a) Crystalline silica=14808-60-7

b) Amorphous silica= 7631-86-9

Silicon Dioxide / Silica HTS Number:

28112250

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