Barite

Marjan Mineral Company is one of the best Barite exporters of Iran. Iran has many active Barite mines and Marjan Mineral Company is so honored to have a great trading communication with most of them. Marjan Mineral Company can supply all grades of Barite and export them in various types of packaging:

• 1 Ton Jumbo bags
• 25kg package for powder What

Barite Usages:

• Most of produced Barite is used as a weighting agent in drilling muds. These dense muds are pumped down the drill rod, exit through the cutting bit and return to the surface between the drill rod and the wall of the well. This flow of fluid does two things: 1- Cooling the drill bit; 2- Suspending the rock cuttings produced by the drill and carrying them up to the surface.
• Barite is also used as a pigment in paints and as weighted filler for paper, cloth and rubber. The paper used to make some playing cards has Barite packed between the paper fibers. This gives the paper suitable density that players need to play easily.
• Barite is the major source of barium, which is used to make a wide variety of barium compounds. Some of these are used for x-ray shielding. Barite has the ability to block x-ray and gamma-ray emissions. Barite is used to make high-density concrete to block x-ray emissions in hospitals, powerhouses, and laboratories.
• Barite compounds are also used in diagnostic medical tests. If a patient drinks a small cup of liquid that contains a barium powder in a milkshake consistency, the liquid will coat the patient's esophagus. An x-ray of the throat taken immediately after the "barium swallow" will image the soft tissue of the esophagus (which is usually transparent to x-rays) because the barium is opaque to x-rays and blocks their passage. A "barium enema" can be used in a similar way to image the shape of the colon. Read more . . .