Functions in Glass Batch

• Introducing magnesium oxide (MgO) and partial calcium oxide (CaO): Its primary value. MgO effectively improves a series of physical and chemical properties of glass.
• Enhancing glass melting characteristics: MgO reduces the high-temperature viscosity of glass, making molten glass easier to clarify and homogenize in furnaces, thereby improving melting efficiency and reducing energy consumption.
• Boosting glass chemical stability: MgO strengthens the glass network structure, making glass more resistant to atmospheric and water erosion and extending product service life.
• Preventing glass devitrification (crystallization): An appropriate amount of MgO reduces glass’s crystallization tendency, expands the forming temperature range, stabilizes production operations and reduces defects.
• Increasing glass toughness: Compared with pure CaO, MgO makes glass "shorter" in workability, facilitating high-speed automated forming.
• Replacing partial limestone: As a combined source of CaO and MgO, it adjusts glass composition more economically and scientifically.

Functions in Ceramic Bodies and Glazes

• Lowering firing temperature
• Promoting the formation of mullite crystals
• Improving glaze performance
• Controlling body shrinkage
• Regulating thermal expansion coefficient

Application Types

• Glass: Flat glass (architectural and automotive glass), container glass (food and beverage packaging), daily-use glassware, glass fiber.
• Ceramics: Building ceramics (tiles, especially glazed tiles), sanitary ceramics (toilets, washbasins), daily-use ceramics (tableware, porcelain), electrical ceramics (insulators, etc.).