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Use and consumption of wollastonite


Release time: 2020-06-11 11:12:00.000

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Wollastonite is widely used in ceramics, plastics, asbestos substitutes, metallurgy, coatings and other departments because of its low water absorption, thermal stability and conductivity, and chemical inertness. At present, the world's annual consumption of wollastonite is about 600000 t, ceramics account for about 40% ~ 50%, plastics 20% ~ 25%, asbestos substitutes 20% ~ 25%, metallurgy 10%, pigments and other 5%. High aspect ratio wollastonite (15:1~20:1) is mainly used as a reinforcing functional filler in coatings, plastics and rubber to improve hardness, bending strength and impact resistance, but also can improve the electrical properties of plastics, improve their thermal stability, enhance corrosion resistance and improve wear resistance; also can replace asbestos for the manufacture of friction materials, insulating materials and flame retardants. Grinding grade wollastonite (low aspect ratio wollastonite 3:1~5:1) is mainly used as a raw material for CaO and SiO2 in ceramic and glass manufacturing processes and as a low-temperature flux in the metallurgical industry. The consumption structure of wollastonite in the world is shown in Table 1.

 

 

As can be seen from the above table, the main use of wollastonite in the world today is the ceramic industry, plastic rubber paint coatings to do functional fillers. Ceramics are the largest consumption area of wollastonite, and nearly half of the world's annual production is consumed in this area. Wollastonite as ceramic raw material, can increase the strength of ceramic body and ceramic products, reduce ceramic fragmentation and glaze spots, increase the glaze surface gloss, but also reduce fuel consumption (can save fuel 60%). Therefore, wollastonite is a very promising energy-saving ceramic raw material. Some experts predict that the demand for wollastonite in the ceramic industry will increase year by year at a rate of about 5%. The acicular wollastonite powder is used for special ceramics.

 

Needle-like wollastonite powder because of the needle-like structure, and non-toxic harmless, can partially replace asbestos, glass fiber, pulp, etc., and the price is relatively cheap. Due to the long-term exposure of asbestos in the air will cause pollution to the environment, many countries in the world have formulated laws and regulations to restrict or prohibit the use of asbestos. Wollastonite has become the best substitute for asbestos because of its thermal stability and various enhanced properties and non-toxic and harmless. In recent years, the consumption of wollastonite as a substitute for short fiber asbestos has increased rapidly, with 35000~40000 t high aspect ratio wollastonite consumed in building materials and insulation industries every year. It is mainly used in fire wall panels and cement materials, friction materials. Other applications include interior wall panels, roofing tiles, high temperature insulation tiles and panels. The original use of asbestos friction materials to switch to high friction levels of needle-like wollastonite, including brake pads, valve plugs, automotive clutches, the current market in many parts of the world is growing steadily.

 

The fastest growing consumer sector of wollastonite is the plastics industry. Adding wollastonite powder to plastics can improve the tensile strength and flexural strength of plastic products, reduce the amount of resin, and improve the thermal stability and shape stability of plastics at high temperatures. Surface treatment of acicular wollastonite powder can improve the adsorption strength of wollastonite and organic polymers and improve the properties of molded products. It is widely used in automotive plastics, PP, PV, PVC and other plastic products. At present, the automotive plastics market has become the fastest growing consumer segment of wollastonite.

 

High purity wollastonite powder, as an inorganic white pigment, is widely used in coatings, can replace expensive titanium dioxide; in light-colored rubber products can also replace a part of anatase titanium dioxide, the price is only one tenth of titanium dioxide.

 

The world's major consumer countries and regions are: Europe, the United States, Japan, India, Mexico, China and so on. Wollastonite in North America is mainly consumed by the ceramic industry, but per capita consumption of ceramic tiles is lower than in Asia and Europe. The consumption of wollastonite in Europe is mainly used in the ceramic industry and metallurgical industry, and the consumption of wollastonite in India is mainly used in the ceramic and coating industry. China's wollastonite is mainly consumed in glazed tiles and ceramic blanks, accounting for more than 50% of the total consumption of wollastonite; other consumer areas are plastics, rubber, coatings, metallurgy, construction and asbestos substitutes. At present, the annual consumption of wollastonite in China is about 100000 t. The main areas of consumption are ceramics, accounting for about 55%; metallurgy, accounting for about 30%; others (plastics, rubber, paper, coatings, welding electrodes, etc.) account for about 15%.

 

The United States is an important consumer of wollastonite in the world, and domestic sales of wollastonite in 2002 were basically the same as in 2001. Sales in the plastic consumer sector increased, while sales in other consumer sectors remained unchanged or declined slightly. In terms of product types, due to the slowdown in the U.S. economic growth and competition in foreign wollastonite prices, sales of low-value wollastonite products in the U.S. declined in 2002, while sales of high-value wollastonite products increased, but the total amount was small and had little impact on total domestic wollastonite sales. Wollastonite consumption in the United States is mainly in industrial sectors such as ceramics, metallurgy, coatings and plastics. In recent years, the main consumption structure of wollastonite is as follows: plastics 37%, ceramics 28%, metallurgy 10%, coatings 10%, friction products 9% and other 6%.

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