TRIPOLI

Chemical Properties

Silicon dioxide/crystalline silica is a component of many mineral dusts and materials which melts to a glass at very high temperature.

Chemical Properties

Soft, porous granules resulting from natural decomposition of siliceous rock.

Uses

Abrasive, polishing powder, filtering material, absorbent for insecticidal chemicals, paints (inert filler, wood filler), rubber filler, base for scouring soaps and powders, oil-well drilling muds.

Definition

Tripoli is an abrasive composed of a siliceous substance and used for polishing.

Potential Exposure

Cristobalite is used in the manufacture of water glass, refractories, abrasives, ceramics and enamels. Quartz is used as a mineral, natural or synthetic fiber. Tridymite is used as a filtering and insulating media and as a refractory material for furnace linings. Workers are potentially exposed to crystalline silica in such industries as granite quarrying and cutting, foundry operations; metal, coal, dentistry, painting, and nonmetallic mining; and manufacture of clay and glass products.

Incompatibilities

Violent reactions with powerful oxidizers: fluorine, chlorine trifluoride; manganese trioxide; oxygen difluoride, hydrogen peroxide, etc.; acetylene; ammonia.

Waste Disposal

Sanitary landfill

Raw materials

Preparation Products