Hydrous Clays
Hydrous Clays
pre-coat and top coat formulations of Paper and Paper Boards. EICL Grades are among the best in the world in terms of Brightness, rheology and fineness. These grades are designed to give excellent coated surface properties like gloss, shade and smoothness. Specialty grades like Delaminated Clays give excellent results in terms of opacity and gloss.
Product
Form
Brightness
Oil Application Absorption 35 Wet end as opacifying filler Pre coat in Boards, Paper Pre coat in Boards, Paper Light weight coating Light weight coating Top coat in Boards, Paper Top coat in Boards, Paper
KCG
Lump
84.0
BCK
Lump
85.0
0.5
38
BCK
Spray Dried
85.0
0.5
38
DLC 80
Spray Dried
85.0
0.4
42
DLC 90
Lump
85.0
0.35
42
Higloss
Lump
86.5
0.35
45
Supercoat
Spray Dried
87.0
0.30
45
SG 90
Spray Dried
87.0
0.30
45
87.5
0.28
45
Calcined Clays EICL has normal, fine and ultra fine grade Calcined clays for use in Wet end, pre-coat and top coat formulations of Paper and Boards. Normal Calcined clay is used for paper filling application , fine grade used for pre coat and ultra fine grade finds application in topcoat. The high brightness, Micro porous structure with controlled particle size makes normal Calcined clay suitable for wet end application for enhancing opacity and brightness of paper/ Board . The ultra fine grade Calcined clay with narrow particle size distribution, close to that of Titanium dioxide, favors partial replacement in pre-coat and topcoat formulations.
Product
Form
Brightness
Himafil
Powder
90.0
Himacot
Powder
92
1.3
65
Himafine
Powder
93.5
0.8
75