china lithopone b301 b311 quotes

Lithopone B301, Lithopone B311 powder, brilliant white pigment used in paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powder. It was developed in the 1870s as a substitute or supplement for lead carbonate (white lead), to overcome its drawbacks of toxicity, poor weathering, and darkening in atmospheres that contain sulfur compounds. Lithopone B301, Lithopone B311 powder is an insoluble mixture of barium sulfate and zinc sulfide that precipitates upon mixing solutions of barium sulfide and zinc sulfate. The precipitate is recovered by filtration, then calcined (roasted) at temperatures above 600° C (1,112° F). Although Lithopone B301, Lithopone B311 powder has been replaced in many applications by titanium dioxide, it is still widely used in a number of products, such as water paints.

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By September, demand in the construction sector had significantly increased; however, resurgent cases of virus hindered the anticipated recovery in demand. However, due to a severe fall in market fundamentals in some end-use areas, its prices had significantly faded by quarter-end. Delays in a number of commercial projects, followed by a poor recovery in the downstream automotive market, were identified as primary causes of the protracted recovery curve.

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Second, the present invention provides a large-scale industrial production process with low production cost, high efficiency, energy saving, and stable product quality with an annual production capacity of several hundred thousand tons. Selective leaching of zinc by ammonia method, combined with ammonium persulfate iron removal, vulcanization method and zinc powder replacement method to remove heavy metal elements such as nickel, copper, lead, cadmium and arsenic, and metathesis reaction to obtain nZnS-B a S0 4 crystal filter cake. The nano-Lide powder product is obtained by directly drying and pulverizing without high-temperature calcination. The resulting product is of good quality and industrially operable.

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