Natural Bitumen (Gilsonite, Natural Asphalt, Asphaltum, Uintahite)

• Size and Mesh
  • Lump
  • Powder (with various mesh ranging from 30 to 100)

• Specifications and Standards:

  Products Available:

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  MSI Product Specification

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  Gilsonite combines with many other chemicals and materials that take advantage of its unique physical and chemical properties. Binder and coating applications in metallurgical, wood product, refractary and other industries further demonstrate the versatility and usefulness of this remarkable material.

  Chemical Products Industry

  
  

  Gilsonite is combined with coal and other ingredients as an additive in foundry sands to insure the quality of the molded part by improving mold release and the overall finish of metal castings.

  Foundry Industry

  
  

  Gilsonite is used as a performance-enhancing agent for asphalt mixes. Gilsonite-modified paving mixes achieve higher PG grades and incorporate perfectly into the asphalt blend with no need for high shear milling as is the case with many other modifiers. Gilsonite can partially or totally replace, or complement, the use of SBS polymers in modified asphalts at a fraction of the cost. Gilsonite-modified asphalts have higher stability, reduced deformation, reduced temperature susceptibility and increased resistance to water stripping than non-modified asphalts. Gilsonite is also used to make both solvent-based and emulsion pavement sealers with superior appearance and weathering properties.

  Asphalt and Road Paving Industry

  
  

  Gilsonite is used in drilling mud fluids and oil well cementing. Gilsonite, in a range of softening points and particle sizes, is a standard ingredient in oil-based drilling muds used in shales and other difficult geological formations. The addition of specially-treated Gilsonite to water-based drilling fluids helps minimize hole washout by stabilizing troublesome shales, and seals off highly permeable sands while reducing torque and drag. MSI's specially developed shale stabilizer has become a leading product in this field. The addition of Gilsonite to oil well cements reduces slurry weight without loss of compressive strength and acts as an effective bridging and plugging agent to seal fractures in weak formations while cementing.

  Oil Industry

  
  

  MSI's exclusive, refined Gilsonite Resin is widely used as the primary carbon black wetting agent for black news inks and heatset and gravure inks. Our resines compete advantageously with petroleum-based hydrocarbon resins, phenolic resins and metal resinates, all of which it can complement or replace to various degrees. Various concentrations of sucg resin are used to manufacture low-rub-off news inks with superior gloss and tack properties. Special grades of Gilsonite called Selects are also standard ingredients in black ink formulations and are used as additives in asphaltic paints and varnishes.

  Inks and Paints Industry

  Diverse grades of Gilsonite can be applied in vide variety of industries. Each sector has well-tuned processing and offers a product line specifically tailored to the technical and performance requirements of its markets. Brief descriptions of each industry is provided here.  MSI is proud to supply special grades according to the each specific customer's needs. 

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  Applications of Gilsonite

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  Below you may find the detailed descriptions for applications and MSI's available products.  Please do not hesitate to contact us to provide your detailed orders and needs.

   

  This unique mineral is used in more than 160 products, primarily in dark-colored printing inks and paints, oil well drilling muds and cements, asphalt modifiers, foundry sands additives and a wide variety of chemical products. 

   

  Gilsonite, or asphaltum, natural asphalt is similar to hard petroleum asphalt and is often called a natural asphalt, asphaltite, uintaite, or asphaltum. Gilsonite is soluble in aromatic and aliphatic solvents, as well as petroleum asphalt.

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  Product Summary

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Natural Asphalt