NEW Imerys PURE TALC Talcum Powder 4 LBS Uncented

Description

IMERYS
4 lb Uncented Talc
(Hydrous Magnesium Silicate)
4 lb Ziploc bag
The uses for this products are many and varied, some of those uses are Cosmetics, Paper Making, Ceramics, Pharmaceuticals, Paint and Coatings, Rubber, Food, Electric Cable, Plastic, etc.
One of the more popular uses is as baby powder - the benefit of pure talc is that we haven't added any perfumes, dyes or other harmful products. So sensitive skin has less of a chance of allergic reaction when used for baby or in make-up.
It is also widely used as a body powder for preventing chafing and rashes.
Athletes use it to keep hands dry.
Most tailor's
chalk
, or French chalk, is talc, as is the chalk often used for welding or metalworking
Talk is used in food additive or in pharmaceutical products as a glidant.
It is often used for surfaces of lab counter tops and electrical switchboards because of its resistance to heat, electricity and acids.
In medicine talc is used as a pleurodesis
agent to prevent recurrent pleural effusion or pneumothorax.. In the
European Union
the additive number is E553b.
Talc is widely used in the ceramics industry in both casting and glazes. In low-fire artware bodies it imparts whiteness and increases thermal expansion to resist crazing
. In stonewares
, small percentages of talc are used to flux the casting and therefore improve strength and transformation of a substance into glass It is a source of
MgO
flux in high temperature glazes (to control melting temperature). It is also employed as a matting agent in earthenware glazes and can be used to produce magnesia mattes at high temperatures.