Processed high-purity quartz lumps, grains, and micronized silica powder from Arihant Micron (Chittorgarh) serve critical functions across diverse heavy manufacturing sectors:
Metal Industries
In iron and steel smelting, quartz granules serve as acidic flux to generate clean slag inside blast furnaces. They provide thermal and abrasion resistance in steel casting troughs.
Water Filtration
Conforming to Indian Standard IS: 8419-1977, carefully graded quartz grains act as deep-bed filtration media with balanced uniformity coefficients (D60/D10) for municipal and industrial water treatment plants.
Paint & Coating Industry
In accordance with IS: 67-1979, micronized silica powder functions as a durable functional filler with SiO2 exceeding 98%, improving scrub resistance, chemical stability, and sheen control.
Glass Industry
High-grade silica sand is the principal ingredient in container, sheet, and optical glass manufacturing. Material requires <4% moisture, minimal iron (Fe2O3), and uniform particle distribution for optimal melting efficiency.
Oil & Gas (Frac Sand)
High-crush-resistance spherical quartz sand is injected at high pressure down boreholes to prop open fractures in oil-bearing strata, maximizing hydrocarbon extraction rates.
Foundry & Casting
High refractory sub-angular silica sand with controlled permeability and thermal expansion properties forms precision molds and cores for ferrous and non-ferrous foundries.
Sodium Silicate Synthesis
Sodium silicate is synthesized by fusing soda ash with high-grade quartz sand or silica powder (20–100 mesh) carrying >99% SiO2 and strictly low alumina and iron contaminants.
Ceramics & Sanitaryware
Quartz acts as a skeletal body constituent in vitrified tiles and sanitaryware, preventing body distortion during firing and enhancing thermal and mechanical rigidity.
Refractory Industry
Used to produce acidic silica bricks and ramming mass linings for induction furnaces owing to its high pyrometric cone equivalent and thermal load capacity.
Rubber & Polymers
Ultra-fine silica powder is incorporated as a semi-reinforcing mineral filler in rubber formulations, delivering improved tear strength, abrasion resistance, and dimensional stability.
Abrasives & Silicon Carbide
Silica sand with >99% SiO2 and low alkali serves as the direct feedstock for manufacturing synthetic silicon carbide grains and sandpaper blasting abrasives.
Welding Electrode Flux
Silica powder (100–200 mesh) with low sulfur (<0.03%) and low Fe2O3 is utilized in welding flux coatings to form slag shields and stabilize electrical arc discharge.