The barite is used in paper, plastics, paints, varnishes. In the oil industry, it is used as heavy mud to increase the density of drilling fluids and prevent the leakage of the gas.
Technical details about Barite crude: 1 - The product: Barite Crude Ore for oil drilling grade with specific Gravity: 4.20 minimum.
2 - Size: Between 0 mm and 150 mm.
3 - The product's analysis: 4.20 minimum under the terms below:-specific Gravity: 4.20 minimum.
-BaSO4 (including SrSO4): 90% min. - Extractable Carbonates: 3000 mg / 1 max - 6% max (API Chemical Measurment).
-Cadmium: 3 ppm max. - Mercury: 1 ppm Max - Water Soluble Alkaline - Earth Metals as Calcium: 250 ppm max. - extractable Sulphides: 50 ppm Max - humidity: 1.00% max - size: min. 90% Between 0 mm and 150 mm.
