The development speed of ceramic sand is very fast. Although its development history is short, its application fields have expanded to several important industries in China.
With many excellent properties that other materials do not possess and the continuous improvement and maturity of technology, ceramic sand has become an irreplaceable mineral material. When ceramic sand was invented and produced in the early days, it was mainly used in construction. With the pace of development, today's applications have spread to fields such as sewage treatment outside of insulation materials, garden flowers, refractory materials, and petrochemicals.
The application of ceramic sand in garden flowers
In terms of landscaping, due to the many micropores on the surface and inside of ceramic particles, they have a certain mechanical strength, strong water absorption, breathability, and fertilizer holding capacity. Small particles are stacked together to form many voids, which are breathable and water friendly, and will not harden. In a dry state, there is no dust, and after soaking in water, it will not disintegrate and will not produce muddy water. This substrate is far superior to soil in nature. Because it has better breathability and water retention than soil, the survival rate of planting flowers and plants is higher than that of soil! The fully nutrient ceramic grain planting soil contains nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, silicon, iron, boron, manganese, zinc, copper, molybdenum, etc., which increase the survival rate of plants and prolong their lifespan.
Application of ceramic sand in petrochemical industry
Fracturing proppant (ceramic sand) is mainly made of high-quality bauxite as the main raw material, which is crushed and finely ground into micro powder, mixed with various additives, repeatedly mixed, granulated, polished, and sintered at high temperature. This product has the advantages of high compressive strength, low density, good sphericity, high smoothness, and strong conductivity. It is a substitute for medium and low strength proppants such as natural quartz sand, glass balls, and metal balls, which has a good effect on increasing oil and gas production. It has high fracturing strength and is mainly used for underground support in oil fields to increase oil and gas production. It is an environmentally friendly product. This product can prolong the production cycle of fractured oil and gas wells, with simple usage, low construction friction, strong fracturing ability, and low cost.
The application of ceramic sand in thermal insulation building materials
Due to its low density, porous interior, uniform shape and composition, as well as certain strength and sturdiness, ceramic particles have multifunctional characteristics such as lightweight, corrosion resistance, frost resistance, earthquake resistance, and good insulation. Ceramic particles are widely used in roof sloping and insulation layers of ordinary buildings, floors of villas/residential buildings, sound insulation and heat insulation of non load-bearing walls, as well as in interior decoration such as study rooms, bathrooms, and entertainment venues. The roof greening of underground parking lots and the roof greening have been widely used in the ceramic layered water storage drainage system.
The application of ceramic sand in sewage treatment
Due to the fact that ceramic particles are spherical particles with uniform particle size, a reddish brown appearance, multiple micropores on the surface, and a crisscrossing internal pore network, they have a strong adsorption effect. Therefore, ceramic filter media is an advanced water treatment filter material, suitable for both urban and industrial water supply treatment, as well as biochemical (oil removal, iron removal, manganese removal, etc.) treatment of wastewater in metallurgy, petroleum, chemical, and textile industries. The advantages of lightweight ceramic filter media are: light weight, small loose capacity, large specific surface area, strong adsorption capacity, high porosity, stable chemical properties, and no harmful components harmful to human health and industrial production.
The application of ceramic sand in refractory materials
High fire resistance is a major characteristic of the ceramic particle series. The ceramic particles themselves are fired at a high temperature of around 1400 ℃, and the concrete prepared with ceramic particles has a fire resistance more than four times that of ordinary concrete. For the same fire resistance period, the thickness of the ceramic aggregate concrete board is 20% thinner than that of ordinary concrete. Ceramic particles have excellent fire resistance and have been widely used in the preparation of refractory castables, achieving good market results.
Jingguan ceramic sand has been applied in various industries, but its main field still belongs to building materials. It accounts for 80% of all applications. And other aspects only account for 20%. I believe that with the continuous development of the ceramic grain industry, its field and application scope will become more extensive, and its market prospects will also be very promising.