Amorphous silica
- Benchmark: Benchmark 1
- Assessed: 2014-11-30
Used primarily in Cosmetics & Personal Care, Industrial / Manufacturing, and Plasticizers & Polymer applications, Amorphous silica is specifically used in abrasive, anti-caking agent, filler, personal care products, and silicone rubber.
Amorphous silica is transparent, tasteless crystals found in nature as agate, amethyst, chalcedony, cristobalite, flint, sand, quartz, and tridymite. Amorphous silica functions as a filler in the rubber industry, in tire compounds, as free-flow and anti-caking agents in powder materials, and as a liquid carrier, particularly in the manufacture of animal feed and agrochemicals; other uses are found in toothpaste additives, paints, silicon rubber, insulation material, liquid systems in coatings, adhesives, printing inks, plastisol car undercoats, and cosmetics
Chemical Synonyms Acticel; Aerogel 200; Aerosil; Aerosil 300; Aerosil 380; Aerosil A 300; Aerosil bs-50; Aerosil E 300; Aerosil K 7; Aerosil M-300; Aerosil-degussa; AI3-25549; Amorphous silica ; Amorphous silica dust; Amorphous silica gel; Cab-o-sil M-5; Cabosil N 5; Cabosil st-1; Carplex; Carplex 30; Carplex 80; Caswell No. 734A; CCRIS 3699; Celite superfloss; Chalcedony; CI 7811; Colloidal silicon dioxide; Corasil II; Cristobalite; Diatomaceous earth; Diatomaceous earth, calcined; Dimethyl siloxanes and silicones; Diatomaceous silica; Diatomite; Dri-Die; EINECS 231-545-4; ENT 25,550; EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 072605; Extrusil; Fossil flour; Fused silica; Glass; Hi-Sil; HK 400; Hydrophobic silica 2482; Infusorial earth ; Ludox hs 40; Manosil vn 3; Micro-cel; Min-U-sil; N1030; Nalco 1050; Nalfloc N 1050; Neosil; Neosyl; Opal; Pigment White 27; Porasil; Positive sol 130M; Positive sol 232; Quartz; Quso 51; Quso G 30; Santocel; Sg-67; Silanox 101; Silica (SiO2); Silica particles; Silica, amorphous; Silica, amorphous, fumed ; Silica, amorphous fused; Silica, colloidal; Siliceous earth, purified; Silicic anhydride; Silicon dioxide; Silicon dioxide (amorphous); Silicon dioxide, colloidal; Silicon oxide; Silica; Silica slurry; Silikil; Sillikolloid; Siloxid; Sipernat;Snowtex 30; Snowtex O; Superfloss; Syton 2X; Tokusil TPLM; Tridymite; U 333; Ultrasil VH 3; Ultrasil VN 3; UNII-ETJ7Z6XBU4; Vitasil 220; Vulkasil S; Wessalon; White carbon; Zeofree 80; Zipax; Zorbax sil; CAB-O-SIL N-70TS; Silica 2482, hydrophobic; Silicon dioxide, chemically prepared
Key Functions: Cosmetics & Personal Care, Industrial / Manufacturing, Plasticizers & Polymer