Active Minerals - Attapulgite

Attapulgite

Active Minerals International produces high-quality attapulgite products at our production facility located in Quincy, FL. Attapulgite is a hydrous magnesium alumino silicate that is used as a binder, thixotrope, anti-settling agent and rheology modifier in a wide variety of applications. Our attapulgite products and their applications include the following.

MIN-U-GEL® 200

Used in agricultural suspensions.

Typical markets for products containing attapulgite include: paint and coatings, building products, oil well drilling mud, agricultural suspensions, catalyst and molecular sieves.

MIN-U-GEL® 400

Used in latex architectural coatings, industrial coatings, asphalt roof coatings, masonry coatings, texture coatings, latex caulks, and traffic paint.

MIN-U-GEL® 500

Used in latex architectural coatings, industrial coatings, roof coatings, masonry coatings, texture coatings, and traffic paint.

MIN-U-GEL® PC

Used in latex caulks, foundry mold washes, tile adhesives (thin-sets), and wood lamination adhesives.

MIN-U-GEL® FG

Used in crack sealers/grouts and joint compounds.

MIN-U-GEL® AR

Used in asphalt cutback mastics.

MIN-U-GEL® G35

Used in asphalt cutback mastics.

FLORIGEL®

Used to create oil well drilling mud and slurry trench walls for salt contaminated soils.

FLORIGEL® HY

Used to create oil well drilling mud.

MIN-U-GEL® MB

Used in molecular sieves and catalyst as a binder.

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