Lignosulphonate
Technical powdered lignosulphonate is a by-product of wood processing. Technical lignosulfonate is a mixture of salts of lignosulphonic acids (with an admixture of reducing and mineral substances) obtained from bisulfite pulping liquors.
Water-soluble in any ratio, technical lignosulfonate has the universal properties of surfactants.
Technical lignosulfonate is used:
– in the chemical industry: stabilizer, dispersant, binder in the production of briquetted plant protection products;
– in the oil industry: a reagent for regulating the parameters of drilling fluids;
– in the foundry industry: a binder for the formation of molds for casting, an additive to non-stick paints;
– in the cement industry and the production of refractories: cement plasticizer and binder.