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Dolomites have their main application in the industrial sector: steelmaking and flat glass manufacturing. But they also have uses in organic agriculture.

MAIN USES OF DOLOMITE

IN THE STEEL INDUSTRIE AS…

  • Purifying action in steels.
  • Purifying action in steels.

IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FLAT GLASS…

  • Improves stability.
  • Decreases tendency to devitrification.
  • Increases viscosity of the glass.
  • Lengthens the thermal interval of moldability.
  • Increases resistance to abrupt temperature changes.
  • Allows reduction of % of Silica and quantity of fluxes.

IN ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE…

  • Allows neutralization of soil acidity (AMENDMENT).
  • Soil conditioning, so that the crop assimilates the nutrients in optimal conditions.
  • Eliminates the phytotoxicity of aluminium, a basic element of silicates, by transformation of other ionic types that are non-toxic for crops.
  • Reduces solubility of heavy metals.
  • Ca/Mg status regulator of soils, its adaptation for agricultural use.
  • Magnesium is a component of chlorophyll, necessary for the development of the chemical process of plant photosynthesis.
  • Products in oxide form are assimilated and quickly correct the pH of the soil while carbonates have medium-term assimilation and regulating effect.

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