TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS-CALCINED ULEXITE

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Technical Information
Name of product
Commercial name

Calcined Ulexite (Boronatrocalcita, boron ore)

Ulex 45 (Calcined ulexite 45%)

Physical properties
Physical aspect
Color
Particle size - Granulometry

Granulated
white - gray
max 1,2 mm (Maximun grain size)

Bulk density

0.7Kg/m3

Packing
TIERRA S.A. offers a secured packing option to it's customers in order
to provide not only a good product quality but also a good presentation.
We offer good quality bags of polypropylene bags (PP) considering also
an internal bag of polyethylene (PE).

Presentation
We put into our customers consideration:
1 25 Kg. Small bags
2 1000 Kg. Big bags

Chemical Analysis
Chemical Formula:

Parameter
BORON OXIDE B2O3
CHLORINE Cl
SULPHATE SO4
Arsenico As ppm
MOISTURE (Humidity)

Na2O.2CaO.5B2O3.nH2O

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Minimun
45
7
0.2
45
0

%
%
%
ppm
%

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Maximun
48%
9%
0.40%
70 ppm
0.10%

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OTHER CHEMICAL FEATURES

Boron
B
Sulfate
SO3
Sodium oxide
Na2O
Sodium
Na
Calcium
Ca
Magnesium oxide MgO
Aluminum oxide
Al2O3
Silicon oxide
SiO2
Arsenic oxide
As2O3
Arsenic
As
Cadmium
Cd
Lead
Pb
Nickel
Ni
Chromium
Cr
Mercury
Hg
Solubility in citric acid to 2%

13.97%
1.10%
10.50%
7.76%
9.78%
0.60%
0.13%
1.50%
< 0,017 mg/Kg
< 130 mg/Kg
< 0,8 mg/Kg
< 10,8 mg/Kg
< 1,05 mg/Kg
< 10 mg/Kg
< 0,1 mg/Kg
98.00%

Calcined ulexite aplications

Calcined ulexite can be applied on different fields such as:

Agriculture field
Because of it's properties,ulexite gets great results on agriculture as a
good component for making different micronutrients and fertilizers.
Talking about agriculture, ulexite can offer it's goodness both products
for microfoliar aplications and fertilizers to soil aplications.

Fries
Calcined ulexite is also used to make fries not only to ceramic industry
but also for fiberglass industry.

Boric acid and borax production

As a good feedstock ulexite is also a neccesary element to make other
products related to borates family. As for example:
To make borax (decahydrate borax, pentahydrate borax or anhydrous
borax) or to make boric acid

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