Investment Shell Making
Silica sol is primarily used as a binder in the investment casting industry. It enhances the strength and stability of shell molds, thereby ensuring high precision and surface smoothness of castings. Its exceptional binding properties and thermal stability make it a critical material for producing high-quality castings.
Shell mold preparation: Silica sol provides excellent bonding performance, ensuring the strength and stability of the shell mold, enabling the shell mold to maintain the required strength even at high temperatures.
Recommended Products: HS-830A, HS-830, HS-140A, HS-1430, SKP27-3, SKP-K1
surface treatment
Silica sol is a widely used polishing agent in the ceramic polishing industry. It can remove surface flaws and fill pores of ceramics, reducing surface defects and irregularities, thus improving the surface performance and overall quality of ceramic materials.
Improve the polishing efficiency: As a polishing abrasive, silica sol can significantly enhance the polishing efficiency of ceramics.
Product recommendations: HS-830A, HS-830, HS-1430, HS-1430A, HSD series, HSW/HSDW acidic series
Retention and drainage
Silica sol can maximize production efficiency and improve the quality of paper products in pulp production, specialty paper coating, and papermaking wastewater treatment in the paper industry.
Pulp production: Silica sol is mainly used as a retention and drainage aid. As a retention aid, it can efficiently capture fine fibers and fillers, reduce material loss, and improve the utilization efficiency of pulp and the quality of paper. As a drainage aid, it can optimize the filtration characteristics, accelerate water removal, improve dehydration efficiency, and reduce drying energy consumption, thus strongly promoting the efficient operation of the papermaking process.
Product recommendations: HS - 515 series, HS - 1430A, HSD series, Modified silica sol series
Grinding and polishing
Silica sol is one of the most widely used soft abrasives in the CMP process. During the polishing process, it can effectively remove the damaged layer on the surface of the workpiece and reduce the surface roughness. Its good chemical stability and controllable particle size distribution can ensure the surface quality of the workpiece while achieving efficient planarization treatment.
Provide abrasives: Silica sol is the main raw material for preparing nano-silica polishing liquid, providing the abrasives required in the CMP process to achieve the grinding and removal of surface damage on the workpiece.
Product recommendations: HS-1430, HS-1430A, HSW/HSDW acidic series, HSD series.
Reduce VOC Emissions
Silica sol can significantly improve the abrasion resistance and corrosion resistance of the coating, enhance the adhesion and surface hardness, thus prolonging the service life of the coating. Its characteristics of being purely inorganic, having a porous structure and being a nanomaterial make it a rational choice for the transformation and upgrading of the modern coating industry.
Improve dispersion and leveling properties: The high specific surface area promotes the uniform dispersion of fillers and additives, improves the rheological properties of the coating, and prevents the coating from flowing and sagging during the construction process.
Product recommendations: HS-1430A, HS-1430, HS-1430-T series, HSW/HSDW acidic series, HN/HSDN ammonium type series, Modified silica sol series
Binder Carrier
Silica sol can serve as a silicon source for synthesizing molecular sieves, a carrier for the active components of catalysts, and a binder for the shaping of molecular sieve catalysts in the molecular sieve catalyst industry.
Silicon Source: Silica sol is an excellent silicon source for synthesizing molecular sieves. The synthesized molecular sieves are characterized by high crystallinity, regular morphology, and good dispersibility, exhibiting excellent catalytic performance. Compared with organic silicon sources such as tetraethyl orthosilicate, it has obvious cost advantages. Compared with water glass and silica gel, it has the advantages of simple operation, safety, and environmental protection.
Product Recommendations: HS - 830 - T, HS - 1430, HS - 1430A, HS - 1430 - T series, HN/HSDN ammonium - type series
Color Enhancement and Breakage Prevention
As a multifunctional textile auxiliary, silica sol, through its unique physical and chemical properties, plays multiple roles in textile finishing processes, such as enhancing fabric performance, improving hand feel, increasing color fastness, and endowing special functions like hydrophobicity and flame retardancy.
Improve Softness and Luster: As a softening finishing agent, silica sol can form a uniform and fine silica gel film on the surface of textiles, increasing the softness, enhancing the luster, and improving the hand feel of textiles.
Product Recommendations: HS - 1430A, HS - 1430, HSD series, modified silica sol series
Increase the Number of Cycles
The application of silica sol in batteries is mainly reflected in improving battery performance. By adding silica sol, the cycle life and safety of the battery can be significantly improved, while also enhancing its power storage capacity, discharge performance, and service life.
Improve Cycle Life: During the battery's operation, the gel electrolyte formed by silica sol facilitates the diffusion of oxygen to the negative electrode, promotes the recombination of water, and reduces water loss, thus increasing the cycle life.
Product Recommendations: HS - 1430, HS - 1430A, HS - 1430 - T series, HSW/HSDW acidic series, HN/HSDN ammonium - type series
Long-lasting Oil Control
The application of silica sol in the cosmetics industry is mainly reflected in its multifunctionality, including improving the texture during use, modifying the appearance of the skin, enhancing the durability of makeup, controlling sebum secretion, and stabilizing product performance.
Improve the Texture During Use: Silica sol can make cosmetics easier to apply and spread, endowing the products with a smooth and supple texture, and enhancing the user experience of cosmetics.
Product Recommendations: HS-830A, HS-830, HS-1430A, HS-1430, HS-515, HSD series
High-strength Refractory
Silica sol, as a binder in refractory materials, forms a stable silicon network structure in high-temperature environments, enhancing the mechanical properties of refractory materials. By using silica sol, refractory materials exhibit better durability and reliability under high-temperature conditions.
Monolithic Refractory: Mix refractory aggregates and powders with an appropriate amount of silica sol to ensure the uniform distribution of silica sol in the material, improve the material's strength, fire resistance, and construction fluidity, and reduce shrinkage and cracking.
Product Recommendations: HS-1430A, HS-1440 (HS Alkaline Series), HSD Series, HN/HSDN Ammonium Series
Adsorb Stains
Silica sol has a porous structure and exhibits the nano-size effect. Its surface contains a large number of hydroxyl groups and silanol groups, which can form stable complexes with ions in water, adsorbing suspended solids and organic substances in water. It can be widely applied in water purification, industrial wastewater treatment, and urban domestic sewage treatment.
Adsorption Function: Silica sol can form stable complexes with heavy metal ions, achieving the removal of heavy metal ions. Also, silica sol can adsorb organic substances and remove them from water through physical and chemical actions.
Product Recommendations: HS-830A, HS-830, HS-1430A, HS-1430, HS-1430-T series, HN/HSDN ammonium-type series
Flocculation and Purification
Silica sol serves as a clarifying and filtering agent for beverages. The nanoparticles of silica dioxide in it have a large specific surface area and strong adsorption capacity, which can remove suspended impurities and improve the appearance quality of beverages. When used in combination with gelatin, it can rapidly clarify fruit juices, wines, etc. It can reduce polyphenols, enhance the clarity and stability, and also improve the taste and texture of the beverages, making them smooth and refreshing.
In addition, silica sol can adsorb harmful substances and potential pollutants, extend the shelf life of beverages, and maintain their stability. It can prevent the precipitation of suspended substances and the separation of pigments, ensuring a uniform appearance. During the production, storage, and transportation processes, it can maintain the quality and taste of the beverages, meeting consumers' demands for high-quality drinks.
Product Recommendations: HS-1430-T series, HSD series, HSW/HSDW acidic series, HZ neutral series
