Specifications:

(CaSO4)2H2O % on dry basis 95
Silica % less than 0.5
P2O5 % less than 0.5
Water soluble P2O5 % less than 0.15
Fluorine % less than 0.0002
Ash % by wt. max. 0.5
Free Moisture % About 20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Packing:

Loose in trucks or in railway wagons.

Uses:

1.   Used as filler in paper, paints, nutrient in growing yeast, insecticides.
2.   Treatment of soil particularly those used for leguminous crops and in the culture of groundnuts.
3.   When mixed with manure, it acts to stabilize the volatile and dissolved nitrogenous compound, thus preventing their loss by volatilization and leaching. The major use in arid climate is neutralization of black alkali soils by the reaction with alkali carbonates that cause this condition.
4.   For manufacture of Plaster of Paris.
5.   For Manufacture of fire proof wall boards for building construction.
6.   For manufacturing cement.