Blue Oxide
General Application
Used in the coloration of construction materials, architectural products, leathers, and cosmetics. Synthetic blue iron oxide offers a high tinting strength with fade-resistant light and weather fastness. It is also used in medicinal formulations and in thermosetting plastic, thermoplastic, and rubber track.
- Improves colour and stability
- Less product needed to produce colour
- High resistance permeation
- Reliably smooth consistency
- Heat and alkali resistant
Specifications
- Paving stones
- Concrete blocks
- interlocking blocks
- split brick
- roofing tiles
- asphalts
- asphalt concrete
- sport tracks
- flooring
- ceramics
- leather
- terrazzo
- masonry
- fertilizer
- sand-lime bricks
- walling blocks
- water-based paint (interior and exterior)
- primer and finish paints
- anticorrosion paint
- rubber
- paper
- mulch
General Information
Synthetic blue iron oxide is a powder composed of various shades of blue. Ultra-fine particles offer consistent dispersion that’s smooth enough for printing inks, paints, coatings, and master batches. The small particles improve opacity, which reduces the amount of pigment needed.
Blue oxide is produced by the thermal decomposition or precipitation and oxidation of iron salts or compounds. It can also be made during the reduction of organic compounds.
Iron oxide pigments like blue oxide are essential to the colouration of architectural concrete because it is cost effective, lightfast, durable, and compatible.
Hardener on an existing slab. Integral Colour and a Colour Hardener can be used together to combine benefits like abrasion resistance and saturation.
When stamping concrete into a decorative shape or texture, a releasing agent is applied to prevent sticking to the mould. Blue oxide can be used to tint the releasing agent to create attractive visual effects and colours using a fraction of the pigment.
Sealers pigmented with iron oxides are similar to paints in that they change the colour of the surface of the concrete, but pigmented sealers can be applied to uncured concrete.
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Packaging
Choose the packaging and shipping arrangement that best suits your needs, from small packaging to bulk bags or custom sizes made just for you. We can accommodate virtually any size, from one metric ton to thousands.
Convenience
We maintain competitive pricing in an effort to win and retain your business for as long as you need us. Our goal is to meet the needs of every customer, including those with special requests and demanding production schedules.
A 15-day general turnaround for manufacturing allows us to get your compounds to you as quickly as possible, so you can keep up with the demands of your business. Contact us to get in touch with a distributor in your area if you don’t have time to wait for materials.
We currently ship to 44 countries across the world and we’re happy to ship to yours, too. The dependable and professional logistics channels we have in place make it easy to offer great pricing and service regardless of your location.
African Pegmatite
With 48 years as professionals in mining and manufacturing, we have the insight, network, and experience to offer you the very best in quality, service, and efficiency. We’ve been accredited by the ISO 9001 since 2002 and have most recently met the 2015 standard.
We aim to provide the very best materials available to our customers, and become your one-stop shop for colourants, minerals, compounds, and more.
If you’d like to become a distributor of African Pegmatite products, get in touch with us and we’ll customise an arrangement with you.