Calcium Carbonate Compound (Fillers)
Calcium carbonate is one of the most widely used materials in the plastic and polymer industry. Understanding the price and availability of calcium carbonate compounds is crucial for consumers and buyers. Calcium carbonate masterbatch (CaCO3) is a common chemical compound made up of calcium, carbon, and oxygen. Found in nature as limestone or white lime, this compound is often used as a filler in plastics due to its useful properties, cost-effectiveness, and availability.
About Calcium Carbonate Compound
The calcium carbonate compound or masterbatch is a filler. Produced under the CALCIT brand, these filler masterbatches come in various grades with different percentages of calcium carbonate in different resin bases. The structure of calcium carbonate used in masterbatch form improves certain features, including:
- Increasing stretch coefficient and strength in the final product
- Enhancing sewability in polyethylene films
- Increasing final hardness and elastic modulus
- Reducing the price of the final product
- Improving heat resistance and dimensional stability
- Increasing the hardness of manufactured products
- Enhancing weldability and stitching properties in films
- Improving printability
- Anti-blocking properties and preventing nylon edges from sticking
- Reducing the need for white masterbatch
- Increasing production output
Fillers are used extensively across all polymer industries. However, the film and packaging industries, sack weaving, and HIPS sheet production industries have the highest consumption of fillers.