Some tips on fumed silica provided in this post, along with advice on where/how to purchase fumed silica. Freight is a large part of the price Fumed silica is very light. Take containers as an example, one 20’GP load only 1,800KG fumed silica, while it loads 25,000KG PAC. Assume the freight to the destination is…
Fumed Silica
FUMED SILICA Fumed silica (CAS number 112945-52-5), also known as pyrogenic silica because it is produced in a flame, consists of microscopic droplets of amorphous silica fused into branched, chainlike, three-dimensional secondary particles which then agglomerate into tertiary particles. Synonyms Pyrogenic silica; XYSIL; Aerosil; Cab-O-Sil; Cabosil; silicon dioxide amorphous, synthetic amorphous silica; fumed SiO2; colloidal…