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Product Description Of The Attapulgite

Attapulgite Wide Application Field for Agricultural Herbicide & Fertilizer & Pesticide and

This attapulgite is characterized with strong cohesion forces, and has good suspending and colloidal properties.

How a Attapulgite Works

Attapulgite has high cohesiveness, excellent suspension and colloidal thixotropy  and strong adhesion, good suspension, wear resistance, high temperature resistance, fire resistance and corrosion resistance properties,which is inert and stable in the working medium and is not easy to collapse and deform after molding. High viscosity,Light weight, Good suspension, Inert and does not react with any chemical ingredient

The key feature is its rapid recovery. Mixtures quickly return to their original viscosity after mixing or after being applied. Attapulgite does not fade in that this shear-thinning effect can be repeated endlessly without loss of original viscosity.

Depending on the degree of stabilization required, the suggested use level for these ingredients is between 0.4% and 0.5%;  If the viscosity of the emulsion/solvent is insufficient, consistency agents should be added. Finally, to ensure stability regardless of what actives are used, the enterprises recommends associating the Attapulgite materials with 0.2% HPMC/CMC.

Attapulgite Clay

Attapulgite is a kind of crystalloid hydrous magnesium-aluminum silicate mineral,which has very good colloidal properties such as: specific dispersity, high temperature endurance, salt and alkali resistance, and also high adsorbing and de-coloring capabilities. Furthermore, Attapulgite has certain plastic and adhesive characters.

The Advantages of Attapulgite Thickening Agent 

Attapulgite is a hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate clay mineral with a unique structure made up of colloidal particles called spicules. Gellation takes place following dispersion when the spicules become attracted to each other, become entangled and form the matrix structure that thickens, entraps, and suspends solids. Proper dispersion and gelling is dependent on the amount of shear and length of time it is applied or the use of chemical means to facilitate dispersion. To achieve gellation chemically dispersed clay must come into contact with a chemical salt which causes spicules to associate with one another and the gel to instantly form. Attapulgite can also be used to structure organic systems with the proper use of a cationic surfactant. The basic advantages of attapulgite as a structuring agent are versatility, compatibility with a variety of liquid systems, functionality over a wide pH range, and resistance to attack by microorganisms. It is relatively economical and provides a thixotropic liquid system.

Attapulgite Thixotropic Agent  and suspending agents provide benefits,including easy dispersion, formulating latitude and long-term stability. The colloidal network forms a thixotropic gel that if undisturbed is stable indefinitely. Under modest shear, however,the structure breaks down and the liquid becomes thin and flowable. When agitation ceases, the scattered particles realign  to reform the colloidal network and thicken the liquid. The cycle of thinning and thickening, by changes in shear, can be repeated endlessly.