Bentonite is a rock that consists of a crystalline mineral that has been formed by weathering and chemical alteration along with igneous rocks. Bentonites are classified as swollen or non-swollen in water. Bentonite has many uses due to its properties of softness, swelling, colloidal and good mixing with water, paste, plasticity, adhesion , adsorption, etc.
Bentonite in earth wells, drilling mud, adhesive in casting sands, preventing water from penetrating dams, canals and water pools, clarifying agent of liquids especially clarifying water , carriers of paints and other sprays such as plant and animal toxins, fillers in many industries such as paper and paint, pharmacy etc., In production of ceramics to complete the formula of the body or glaze, preparation of agricultural pesticides and disposal of plant pests, as a filter, as a catalyst, decolorization of industrial oils, petroleum and feed, separation of gum from gasoline and acidic sludge from oils & etc…
