Cosmetics
The natural qualities
of talc gives cosmetics stability, texture, skin adhesion, slip
and water resistance. Talc is pure, odorless and free from
impurities. Talc is not only used in Body Talc (Talcum Powder) and
Toilet Soaps, but also in Detergents and Washing Powder.
In
body talc, it acts as a perfume carrier due to its chemical
inertness and lamellar structure. At Golcha's, supplies to body
talc manufacturers are also sterilized remove any microbiological
contamination.
In soaps, talc is
mainly used as a filler. The consumption of talc in Soap, varies
between 5 to 40% depending on the quality and type of soap. It
also acts as a binding agent and gives hardness to the cake.
Animal
Feed
Being
hydrophobic in nature, talc prevents loss and absorption of water
from animal feed, thus protecting the essential nutrients.
Talc is used as an
anticaking coating in feed bins. It's non-toxic nature offers no
danger to the livestock.
Paints
Owing to its low cost and
platy structure, Talc is widely used in the paint industry,
particularly in marine paints and protective coatings. Benefits
include:
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- Reinforcement of the Paint
film.
- Reduction in the quantity of
primary pigment consumed.
- Controls gloss of paints
- Helps in suspending other
pigments.
- Improves durability of
Paint.
- Improves rust inhibitive
properties & corrosion resistance.
- Improves stability of
emulsion paints.
- Prevents enamel from
running.
- In traffic paints for better
abrasion resistance.
- Improves stain resistance in
Paint.
- Enhancement of smoothness at
the time of application.
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The amount of Talc used in paints
varies between 2 to 30%. Also the fineness of Talc used in
paints varies between 100µ to 20µ. The oil absorption of
Talc used in Paints is between 40 to 60 gm per 100 gm.
Detergents
In
detergent powder also, Talc acts as a carrier of detergents and
also reduces the cost. Due to its natural quality of being inert
and harmless to skin, it is the most popular filler.
Other Uses
- Dry fire extinguishing powder.
- Cereal polishing.
- Bleaching agent.
- Floor Wax.
- Water Filtration.
- Leather Treatment.
- Shoe Polish.
- Welding rod coating.
- Printing Ink.
- Casting for Iron Ore in the
direct reduction process.
- Asphalt.
- Jointing Compounds.
- Confectioneries.
- Foam / Rubber.
- Putties.
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