Product code
RXSOL-93-9304-025
CAS number
12125-28-9

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Overview

Light basic magnesium carbonate powder for rubber, plastics, food, cosmetics and pharma.

Product description

Magnesium carbonate is supplied here as light basic magnesium carbonate (magnesium carbonate hydroxide, CAS 12125-28-9), a fine, white, low-density powder that does not dissolve in water.

It is used as a filler and reinforcing agent in rubber and plastics, a dusting powder for latex goods, an anti-caking agent in salt and food (E504), a raw material in cosmetics and toothpaste, chalk for gyms and climbing, an antacid in pharmaceuticals, and in insulation and fire-retardant products.

We keep stock at our Barka warehouse and deliver across Oman, including Muscat, Sohar, Salalah and Duqm. Send the quantity and pack size you need and we will quote.

Applications

 

  • Catalyst: Magnesium carbonate is used as magnesium source for the manufacture of catalyst compounds. Food : As a food additive magnesium carbonate is known as E504. Magnesium carbonate is used as anti-caking agent in cooking salt and as demolding agent in biscuits. It is used as carbonate source in soft drink and energy drinks. In cattle feeds, it is a nutritional supplement and provides magnesium required in animal diet. In food industries, it is used as alkali, floor modifier and acidity regulators.
  • Cosmetics: Magnesium Carbonate is used in cosmetic applications such as talcum powders, soap manufacture giving moisture stability, fragrance retention and flow control. It is also used in toothpaste as a mild abrasive.
  • Rubber, Plastic & Elastomers: Magnesium Carbonate is used in as reinforcing agent in rubber and plastic, and stuffing in the rubber industries. It enhance, reflect heat-resistant and insulated material, as a smoke suppressant in plastics. It is used as stabilizer in automotive PVC plastisols and as a matte white coating for projection screens. 
  • Latex rubber: Magnesium Carbonate is well known to use as finishing powders in the production of both natural and synthetic rubber articles such as gloves and condoms. Magnesium Carbonate is generally not susceptible to microbial spoilage and they do not bind the proteins found in natural rubber latex. On the whole, therefore, the industry has found it acceptable to use such compounds as satisfactory alternatives to starch.
  • Gymnastics: In the gym, Magnesium Carbonate is used as chalk to dry the hands for weightlifting, gymnastics, and rock climbing.
  • Pharmaceuticals: Magnesium Carbonate is used in pharmaceuticals preparations as laxative and gastric antacid and as mild abrasive ingredients in toothpastes. In dentistry, it is used in gypsum impressions from which dental plates are made. Paints & Ink : Magnesium Carbonate can be used as a rheological modifier, flattening agent and translucent filler in the printing inks and paint industry. It is used in concocted white paint for production of printing ink and to dilute printing ink. Paper : Magnesium Carbonate is used as mineral filler and coating agent in paper industry for whiteness and consistency of the paper and as a combustion regulator in cigarette paper
  • Insulating material: Magnesium Carbonate is used to make fireproofing and heat preservation products, using in high class glasses, porcelain enamel and ceramic to make the surface brightness. Other Industrial use : Magnesium Carbonate is used to produce Magnesium Stearate, Magnesium Salts, in chelating agents, advanced glassware, etc. Magnesium carbonate is used in taxidermy for whitening skulls. It can be mixed with hydrogen peroxide to create paste, which is then spread on the skull to give it a white finish.

Also known as

Magnesium Carbonate, Magnesium Carbonate Hydroxide, Light Basic Magnesium Carbonate

Where we supply

Oman. Stocked at our warehouse in Barka, South Al Batinah, and supplied to Muscat, Ruwi, Mutrah, Seeb, Rusayl, Barka, Sohar, Shinas, Saham, Buraimi, Nizwa, Ibri, Sur, Salalah, Duqm, Khasab and every other governorate.

Ports and free zones. Port Sultan Qaboos (Mutrah), Mina Al Fahal, Sohar Port and Freezone, Port of Salalah and Salalah Free Zone, Port of Duqm and the Duqm Special Economic Zone, Port of Sur, Khasab Port and Al Mazunah Free Zone.

Industrial areas. Rusayl, Sohar, Barka (Sanaya), Raysut (Salalah), Nizwa, Sur, Buraimi and Duqm industrial estates, Knowledge Oasis Muscat, and oil and gas sites across Oman.

Beyond Oman. We have branches in the UAE (including Fujairah) and in India (Kandla, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai and Mumbai), and we also supply to South Africa.

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