LITHOPONE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO. 1345-05-7

LITHOPONE
EINECS NO. 215-715-5
FORMULA ZnS·BaSO4
MOL WT. 330.80

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TOXICITY  
SYNONYMS Zinc Baryta White; Zinc Sulfide White.
Charlton white; Griffith's white; lithophone; Orr's white; White 77115; Bariumzinksulfatsulfid (German); Sulfato de bario y sulfuro de cinc (Spanish); Sulfure et sulfate de baryum et de zinc (French); Other RN.: 51931-19-2, 55819-30-2, 67351-98-8
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EXTRA NOTES

 This substance is identified in the COLOUR INDEX by Colour Index Constitution Number, C.I. 77115.

CLASSIFICATION

Pigment

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE White powder
MELTING POINT

 
BOILING POINT  
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 4.3
SOLUBILITY IN WATER  
pH Neutral
VAPOR DENSITY  

AUTOIGNITION

 

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REFRACTIVE INDEX

 
FLASH POINT  
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions

EXTERNAL LINKS &GENERAL DESCRIPTION

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Zinc sulphide ZnS mixed with barium sulphate is used as a white pigment known as lithopone. ZnS is also used as a detector of alpha-rays, which render it luminescent.  ZnS and the selenide ZnSe are used in infrared optics.  Zinc salts have various applications: zinc chloride in the textile industry, and as a scaling flux in galvanizing; zinc sulphate in agriculture and animal feed; zinc phosphate to passivate steels, etc. Organic salts of zinc are used in paints, and zinc stearate is used in the preparation of plastics as well as in powder metallurgy.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Lithopone is a white pigment composed of a mixture of barium sulfate (28 - 30%) and zinc sulfide (68 - 70%) with trace amounts of zinc oxide. It is produced by precipitation through filtering, heating and quenching works. Lithopone has mostly been replaced by titanium dioxide which is more durable, but it is much cheaper. It is used as a base for lake pigment and used as a inert pigment for paint, ink and cosmetics as well as in a large range of applications in plastic industry. It is used as a filler in paper, leather, and linoleum.

Members of pigment white

C.I. Number

Chemical name

CAS RN
Pigment white 1 Lead hydroxide carbonate 1319-46-6
Pigment white 3 Lead sulfate 7446-14-2
Pigment white 4 Zinc oxide 1314-13-2
Pigment white 5 Lithopone 1345-05-7
Pigment white 6 Titanium dioxide 13463-67-7
Pigment white 7 Zinc sulfide 1314-98-3
Pigment white 10 Barium carbonate 513-77-9
Pigment white 11 Antimony trioxide 1309-64-4
Pigment white 12 Zirconium oxide 1314-23-4
Pigment white 14 Bismuth oxychloride 7787-59-9
Pigment white 17 Bismuth subnitrate 1304-85-4
Pigment white 18 Calcium carbonate 471-34-1
Pigment white 19 Kaolin 1332-58-7
Pigment white 21 Barium sulfate 7727-43-7
Pigment white 24 Aluminum hydroxide 21645-51-2
Pigment white 25 Calcium sulfate 7778-18-9
Pigment white 27 Silicon dioxide 7631-86-9
Pigment white 28 Calcium metasilicate 10101-39-0
Pigment white 32 Zinc phosphate cement 7779-90-0
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

White powder

CONTENT
99.0% min
ZnS
28.0% min or 30.0% min
ZnO

0.5% max

pH

6.8 - 7

PARTICLE SIZE

99.9% (<63 µm)
VOLATILE MATTER

0.3% max
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 25kgs, 50kgs in Bag
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