In Egypt there are two main locations of high quility silica sand 1st, Zafrana – red sea and the 2nd, north and south Sinai ,
The reseves in Zafrana area and Sinai are over thousands milion ton of high quality silica sand .
which supply the glass industries , paints , foundries , chemicals and ceramics.
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Chemical analysis
Compound Value Unit Status
Al2O3 0.071 % Max 0.12
SiO2 99.854 % Min 99.5
Fe2O3 0.015 % Max 0.020
TiO2 0.020 %
Cao 0.022 %
MgO 0.005 %
Na2O 0.013 %
K2O 0.002 %
ZrO2 0.008 %
Cr2O3 0.000 %
SAND SPECIFICATION |
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Sieve |
Control Limit |
Tolerance limit |
Oxide |
Control limit |
Tolerance Limit |
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SiO² |
SAND |
+ |
1.7 |
Nil |
Nil |
SiO² |
min 99.0 |
99-9805 |
+ |
0.6 |
max 2.0 |
25 |
AL²O³ |
max 0.9 | |||
- |
0.15 |
max 7.0 |
710 |
Fe²O³ |
max 0.03 |
.03-.04 |
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SiO² |
CLASSIFIED SAND (COLOR GLASS) |
+ |
1.7 |
Nil |
Nil |
SiO² |
min 95.5 |
95.5-95 |
+ |
0.6 |
max 4.0 |
4 6 |
AL²O³ |
max 2.0 |
2-2.5 |
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- |
0.15 |
max 7.0 |
710 |
Fe²O³ |
max 0.650 |
0.65-0.75 |
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CHEMICAL & GRANULOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SILICA SAND Mesh 28
GRANULOMETRIC ANALYSIS |
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS |
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% | % | ||||
Less than : 0.106 mm | 0 to 2 | Pure Silica (Si O2) | Min | 99.60 | |
From 0.106 : 0.25 mm | 20 to 30 | Al. Oxide (Al2 O3) | Max | 0.05 | |
From 0.25 : 0.425 mm | 55 to 75 | Fe. Oxide (Fe2 O3) | Max | 0.020 | |
From 0.425 : 0.60 mm | 5 to 10 | Mg. Oxide (Mg O) | Max | 0.05 | |
Bigger than : 0.60 mm | 0 to 1 | Ca. Oxide (Ca O) | Max | 0.06 | |
Na2O & TiO2 | Nil | ||||
Burning Losses (L.O.I.) | Max | 0.18 | |||
Humidity | Max. | 0.04 |