AKA Mining & Minerals Company
AKA Mining & Minerals Company
Barite is a mineral composed of barium sulfate (BaSO4). It receives its name from the Greek word “barys” which means “heavy.” This name is in response to barite’s high specific gravity of 4.5, which is exceptional for a nonmetallic mineral. The high specific gravity of barite makes it suitable for a wide range of industrial, medical, and manufacturing uses. Barite also serves as the principal ore of barium.
Barite is generally easy to identify. It is one of just a few nonmetallic minerals with a specific gravity of four or higher. Combine that with its low Mohs hardness (2.5 to 3.5) and its three directions of right-angle cleavage, and the mineral can usually be reliably identified with just three observations.
Most barite produced is used as a weighting agent in drilling muds. This is what 99% of the barite consumed in the world is used for. These high-density muds are pumped down the drill stem, exit through the cutting bit and return to the surface between the drill stem and the wall of the well. This flow of fluid does two things: 1) it cools the drill bit; and, 2) the high-density barite mud suspends the rock cuttings produced by the drill and carries them up to the surface.
Barite is also used as a pigment in paints and as a weighted filler for paper, cloth and rubber. The paper used to make some playing cards has barite packed between the paper fibers. This gives the paper a very high density that allows the cards to be “dealt” easily to players around a card table. Barite is used as a weighting filler in rubber to make “anti-sail” mudflaps for trucks.
AKA Co.barite is a high-quality, drilling-grade barite used to increase the density of drilling fluids. This high-specific-gravity mineral is the most widely used weight barite and has applications in all drilling fluid systems, and meets API specifications for barite.
barite can be used to increase the density of any mud system. Mud weights up to 20 lbm/galUS [2.40 sg] can be achieved in most drilling fluids while still maintaining good rheological properties. AKA Co. barite is also excellent in formulating special kill fluids and barite plugs that often reach 22 lbm/galUS [2.64 sg] for well control procedures.
An increase in volume of approximately 1.4 bbl/tonUS (0.25 m3/tonUK) can be expected from AKA Co. barite additions. Density increases can require water or base liquid dilution sufficient to wet the surfaces of the added barite adequately.
-Essentially chemically inert and insoluble, functions only in a physical manner
-Does not react with other drilling fluid additives or interfere with their function
-Minimally abrasive
AKA Co. Supplies Barite or Baryte in various Specific gravity for Oil Drilling Applications Such as
-Barite 4.2 as per API 13 A Specifications
-Barite 4.1 as Per API 13 A Specifications
-We also Supply Barite in 4.0 Specific Gravity .
the barite Supplied by AKA Co. is in Certified Jumbo Bags of 1.5 MT
Barite in Paint Industry In dope and painting, it can be used as filling and can take the place of some expensive material such as basofor, crypton, titanium dioxide, activity, monox etc to Control the viscosity of the paint compatibly to make the products with bright color and good stability. Non qualitative white powder. Nontoxic, not soluble in water, soluble in smoking Sulphuric Acid, slightly soluble in boiling Hydrochloric Acid. Chemical property is stable, it’ll reduce to Barium Sulfide when heat with carbon. It won’t change color when meeting with hydrogen sulfide or toxic gas in the air.
Our Barite lumps have 90% Whiteness and 94% BaSo4 content.
Barite is used in paint, plastic, paper and rubber industries as filler material. Due to its high specific gravity and radioactive absorption property, it is also used in the production of cement blocks. A mixture of rubber, asphalt and 10% barite is used in the construction of stations and runways of the airport. It is also used in pharmaceutical industries, alloy, and radiation protection and so on.