Markets and Uses for Calcium Chloride
Markets and Uses for Calcium Chloride
For more information about the markets and uses for calcium chloride outlined below, please visit www.peterschemical.com .
| Industry | Applications | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Highway maintenance | Dustlaying | Moisture absorbed from the air prevents dust formation |
| Snow and ice control | Melts ice | |
| Chemical manufacture | Production of calcium salts | Source of calcium |
| Cement | Low alkali cement | volatilize alkali, source of chlorides |
| Food | Cheese, brining, beer | Source of Calcium |
| Construction | Cold-weather concrete additive | Accelerates set |
| Soil solidification | Solidifies loose, sandy soils when mixed with sodium silicate | |
| Tractor tire weighting | Lowers freezing temperature of water put in tires for better traction | |
| Drying air and gases | Direct drying compound | Removes moisture by hygroscopicity |
| Highway construction | Shoulder and base stabilization | Retains moisture which improves compaction of soil |
| Automotive & Aluminum | Waste Water Treatment | Removes Fluorides, Phosphates, Heavy Metals and oily wastes |
| Mining | Dustproofing and freeze-resisting ore and coal | Retains moisture; lowers freezing point of water |
| Paper manufacture | Increases web strength of corrugating media | Provides artificial water hardness for better drainage |
| De-Inking | Works with fatty acid soaps on recycled paper | |
| Improves dye retention | Provides artificial water hardness that helps set paper dyes | |
| Petroleum | Additive to oil well completion fluids | Increases density |
| Cementing finished oil wells | Accelerates set of cement | |
| Drilling mud additive | Reduces shale swelling | |
| Drying petroleum fractions | Absorbs water |
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