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Features & Benefits
Features
- High purity & reactivity
- High calcium content
- pH control
Benefits
- These products meet the requirements for use in the most demanding markets.
- No contamination with unwanted anions.
- One of the world’s most economically viable sources of calcium and a pH-regulating agent.
- Industrial production facilities are all over Europe.
Features in more detail:
High purity & reactivity:
- The Carmeuse portfolio is very broad, each product has a high purity and adapted reactivity to your process, as these properties have a direct impact on the process yield and quality of the final product.
- The product range complies with HACCP and FCA regulations and standards.
High calcium content:
→ All provided products have a high calcium content:
- Limestone-based products: minimum 38%w Calcium.
- Quicklime-based products: minimum 68%w Calcium.
- Hydrated lime-based products: minimum 52%w Calcium.
pH control:
- Highly suitable for pH control to protect biological life in the reactor, or to reach optimum conditions for biochemical reactions.
- Neutralization value ensures proper neutralization of (organic) acids, producing high purity calcium salts.
Dedicated solutions for your specific needs
The purity of the calcium source has a direct impact on the quality of the final product according to the requirements of the end users. By understanding and knowing the chemical processes, Carmeuse will recommend a product that will perfectly match the current and future requirements of our customers.
A grasp of the main application of Carmeuse lime for calcium "salts":
- Bleaching powder
- Calcium phosphate
- Calcium chloride
- Calcium carbide
- Calcium lactate
- Calcium citrate
- Calcium stearates
- Calcium nitrate
- Calcium propionate
- Calcium formate
These products are used in a wide range of applications and in other industries such as fertilizers, plastics, food, feed, etc.