Highway maintenance |
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- Moisture absorbed from the air prevents dust formation
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Chemical manufacture |
- Production of calcium salts
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Cement |
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- volatalize alkali, source of chlorides
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Food |
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Construction |
- Cold-weather concrete additive
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- Solidifies loose, sandy soils when mixed with sodium silicate
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- Lowers freezing temperature of water put in tires for better traction
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Drying air and gases |
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- Removes moisture by hygroscopicity
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Highway construction |
- Shoulder and base stabilization
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- Retains moisture which improves compaction of soil
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Automotive & Aluminum |
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- Removes Fluorides, Phosphates, Heavy Metals and oily wastes
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Mining |
- Dustproofing and freeze-resisting ore and coal
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- Retains moisture; lowers freezing point of water
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Paper manufacture |
- Increases web strength of corrugating media
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- Provides artificial water hardness for better drainage
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- Works with fatty acid soaps on recycled paper
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- Provides artificial water hardness that helps set paper dyes
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Petroleum |
- Additive to oil well completion fluids
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