Global Light Calcium Carbonate (Precipitated Calcium Carbonate, PCC) Market 2016 - TMinerals Technologies, Graymont, Mississippi Lime, Omya, Solvay, Schaefer Kalk, IMERYS
PCC stands for Precipitated Calcium Carbonate—also known as purified, refined, synthetic or light calcium carbonate. It has the same chemical formula as other types of calcium carbonate, such as limestone, marble and chalk: CaCO3. The calcium, carbon and oxygen atoms can arrange themselves in three different ways, to form three different calcium carbonate minerals. The most common arrangement for both precipitated and ground calcium carbonates is the hexagonal form known as calcite. A number of different calcite crystal forms are...
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