About U.S. Silica

U.S. Silica, established in 1800s, is a pioneer in the industrial mineral industry, headquartered in Katy, Texas. U.S. Silica's products are essential in improving the stability, strength, and durability of numerous polymer applications. Whether it's enhancing the viscosity, abrasion resistance, or scratch resistance of polymers, U.S. Silica's innovations deliver consistent and reliable results that meet the rigorous demands of the polymer industry.

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EverWhite® EW 15

EverWhite® EW 15 by U.S. Silica is a premium engineered, cost saving, domestically sourced, highly refined silica-based mineral for plastic masterbatches used in high temperature extrusion. It provides hardness that is equal to the functionality of high performing pigments like titanium dioxide. <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"><li>It exhibits superior brightness, high temperature stability & resistance and durability which makes it the perfect solution for beautiful countertops and engineered quartz surfaces.</li> <li>EverWhite® EW 15 is available in fine powder that produces a consistent reproducible white color. <li>It disperses more easily and its flexibility in opacity helps with the depth effect of products. </li> <li>EverWhite® EW 15 can be used to partially replace or compliment other inorganic white pigments like titanium dioxide and aluminum trihydrate (ATH).</li></ul>

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EverWhite® EW 40

EverWhite® EW 40 by U.S. Silica is a cost saving, premium, domestically sourced ultra-white cristobalite mineral. It provides superior brightness, hardness, high temperature resistance and durability that mirror the functionality of high performing pigments like TiO2. <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"><li>It is a perfect solution for beautiful countertops and engineered quartz surfaces.</li> <li>It has unique thermal expansion properties, high quality and consistency mean proper dimensional stability.</li> <li>EverWhite® EW 40 is suitable for plastic masterbatches used in high temperature extrusion.</li></ul>

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EverWhite® EWP-5

EverWhite® EWP-5 by U.S. Silica is a highly refined, domestically sourced, silica-based mineral for plastic masterbatch used in high temperature extrusion. It has relatively small particle size distribution. It is used to replace other inorganic white pigments like titanium dioxide and aluminum trihydrate (ATH). <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"><li>This ultra-white pigment enhances both white and colored plastic masterbatch formulations. </li> <li>It is a more cost effective and less resource-intensive method than conventional titanium dioxide manufacturing. </li> <li>It is high temperature resistant and specially formulated to reduce discoloration, provides hardness and durability equal to other specialty minerals like white quartz and TiO2 based pigments. </li> <li>It disperses more easily and its flexibility in opacity helps with the depth effect of products. </li> <li>It is suitable for partial titanium dioxide independence in low-density polyethylene masterbatch and compound. </li> <li> EverWhite® EWP-5 has roughly half the density which allows the manufacturer more options in substitution.</li> <li> It is used particularly in rigid PVC applications such as window profiles.</li> <li> It enables partial replacement of titanium dioxide in the range of 20–50 wt%.</li> <li> It shows improved Gardner impact strength.</li> <li> It shows reduced yellowing (b-value).</li> <li> It provides approximately 44% reduction in carbon footprint.</li> <li> It shows comparable processability, color, UV durability, and mechanical properties to TiO₂-based systems.</li> <li> It can be incorporated into standard PVC formulations.</li> </ul>