Potassium Silicates PQ Corporation offers the widest variety of potassium silicate products, including liquids, spray-dry hydrous, anhydrous powders, and flake. KASIL® Potassium Silicate liquids are available in various silica/potassium oxide ratios and concentrations. Whether you are manufacturing welding rods, detergents, refractory binders, or specialty coatings, PQ has a potassium silicate to meet your needs. AgSil® potassium silicates serve as fertilizers for use in turf and crop applications as a source of soluble potassium and silicon. Sil-MATRIX® potassium silicate is an EPA-registered and OMRI Organic certified biochemical pesticide for preventative control of powdery mildew and control of mites and aphids on high-value crops such as wine grapes, strawberries, blueberries, and others. ECODRILL® potassium silicates are widely used in Oilfield applications in drilling fluid formulations for cleaning the drilling bit and carrying the rock cuttings to the surface. Other Oilfield applications include well conformance, cementing, treatment/remediation, and enhanced oil recovery. Custom ProductsCan't find what you're looking for? Our engineers can work with you to customize our products to fit your specific needs!Contact Customer Service Potassium Silicates Description
Sodium Silicate Liquids PQ Corporation is the world’s leading producer of sodium silicate. Sodium silicate, also known as waterglass, is a versatile inorganic chemical made by combining sand and soda ash (sodium carbonate) at high temperature. Adjusting the ratio of sand to soda ash yields a variety of products with unique functionality used in many industrial and consumer product applications. PQ sodium silicate is available in solid (lump glass, cullet), liquid, and powder (hydrous and anhydrous) forms. We offer the largest variety of high quality products shipped from the most extensive sodium silicate manufacturing network in the world. PQ technical expertise in support of our customers’ applications, old and new, is second to none. Contact us for technical support and product recommendations. Custom ProductsCan't find what you're looking for? Our engineers can work with you to customize our products to fit your specific needs!Contact Customer Service
Sodium Metasilicates Sodium metasilicates, METSO BEADS® 2048 and METSO PENTABEAD®20, offer the convenience of sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) in an easy to handle, free-flowing bead. Available in both anhydrous and pentahydrate, sodium metasilicates are the workhorse ingredients in detergents and cleaning products. The metal cleaning, industrial and institutional cleaners, textile and food processing industries all utilize metasilicates for the superior physical and chemical properties. They are also used to manufacture specialty cements used in the drilling industry. Custom ProductsCan't find what you're looking for? Our engineers can work with you to customize our products to fit your specific needs!Contact Customer Service