Calcium carbonate can be found everywhere in daily life. It is used widely as a coating agent for paper and paperboard as well as for paints, as an additive in food/-pharma and cosmetics, as a soil fertilizer in agriculture, for water remineralization, for flue gas desulfurization and many other applications.
In plastics the first applications date back in the 50s of the last century when Omya introduced the first surface coated calcium carbonate for PVC applications. Since then the mineral has become an integral part of many formulations for wire and cables, pipes, conduits and profiles. Later, more and more applications in other polymers such as PS, UP, PUR, PA, ABS or PET were established.
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In plastics the first applications date back in the 50s of the last century when Omya introduced the first surface coated calcium carbonate for PVC applications. Since then the mineral has become an integral part of many formulations for wire and cables, pipes, conduits and profiles. Later, more and more applications in other polymers such as PS, UP, PUR, PA, ABS or PET were established.
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