SILICA

Question 1

is a natural compound of silicon and
oxygen and has a white powdery substance.

Answer 1

Silica or Silicon oxide (SiO2)

Question 2

It occurs as mineral
quartz in various forms such as the following:

Answer 2

veins and lensed of bull quartz
sand
pebbles
cobbles or boulders
siliceous clays

Question 3

derived from the weathering of sandstone,
quartzose, schists, and quartz diorite

Answer 3

quartz sand

Question 4

occurs as pegmatite dikes and/or small lenses in Mesozoic rocks

Answer 4

bull quartz

Question 5

Silica total world production

Answer 5

335 million MT

Question 6

United states SIlica

Answer 6

121 million MT

Question 7

PH total silica sand reserve

Answer 7

574.391 million MT

Question 8

PH silica sand resource

Answer 8

68.925 million MT

Question 9

Usage

Answer 9

manufacture of glass containers and lamp chimneys
sheet glass
glass envelope for electric bulbs
ferrosilicon
sodium silicate
cleanser and abrasive
additive in manufacture of portland cement
sanitary wares and flint glass containers
anti-caking agent