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Industrial specialties in Isaltis

• Isaltis is composed of Givaudan-Lavirotte & Bernardy.

• Both societies are specialized in mineral salts.

• Bernardy has more than industrial specialties 50 years of experience in and produces all our industrial products.

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Chemistry Painting Pyrotechnics Cleaning Glass Wood Rubber Agriculture Photography Textile Metallurgy Ceramics

Our product range

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Ammonium

oxalate •

Barium

acetate •

Barium

nitrate •

Barium

peroxide •

Calcium

oxalate •

Copper

acetate •

Copper

carbonate •

Iron

oxalate •

Potassium

nitrate •

Potassium

oxalate 3

Chemistry Painting Pyrotechnics Cleaning Glass Wood Rubber Agriculture Photography Textile Metallurgy Ceramics

Our product range

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Sodium

oxalate •

Strontium

hexahydrated chloride •

Strontium

octahydrated hydroxide •

Strontium

nitrate •

Strontium

oxalate •

Strontium

peroxide •

Strontium

sulfide •

Zinc

acetate •

Zinc

peroxide 4

Agriculture

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Copper

acetate: • In fungicides •

Copper

carbonate: • As seed treatment fungicide •

Potassium

nitrate: • Fertiliser 5

Ceramics

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Calcium

oxalate: • In ceramic glazes 6

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Chemistry

Ammonium

• oxalate: Reagent for laboratory

Barium

• acetate: Lubricating oils and greases • Catalyst for organic reactions

Barium

• nitrate: Other barium derivatives • Reagent for laboratory

Barium

• peroxide: Oxidizing agent in organic synthesis • Reticulating agent in igniter compositions

Calcium

oxalate: • As carrier for separation of rare earth metals

Copper

• • acetate: As catalyst in organic reactions Motor oil additive

Copper

• • • carbonate: As catalyst in sweetening of petrol sour crude stock Copper triethanolamine for algaecides • •

Potassium

• oxalate: To prevent blood coagulation • In analytical chemistry

Sodium

• oxalate: To prevent blood from cloating • • • • •

Strontium

• hexahydrated chloride: Soldering electrodes

Strontium

• octahydrated hydroxide: Stabilizing angent for vinyl resins, plastics and PVC

Strontium

• nitrate: Water treatment

Strontium

• • peroxide: Oxydating agent Reticulating agent for inniter compositions

Zinc

• acetate: Catalyst in the production of polyesters, polyamides, polyethersand vinl acetate • As reagent in testing for albumin, phosphate, blood • in the manufacture of acrylic emulsions phenolic foam for thermal insulation and alkyds 7

Cleaning

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Ammonium

oxalate: • Polish, clean and shine marble • Households products for toilets •

Potassium

oxalate: • Marble polishing agent •

Sodium

oxalate: • Surface treatment 8

Glass

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Barium

nitrate: • Glass refining • Special glasses (under vacuum fluorescent tubes, TV tubes, frieproof glasses)

Barium

peroxide: • Decolorizer

Iron

oxalate: • To impact greenish-brown tint optical glass (sunglasses, windshields, railroad car windows)

Strontium

hexahydrated chloride: • Luminescent tubes 9

Metallurgy

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Barium

peroxide: • To start up aluminothermic reactions (iron alloys) • With powdered aluminium in welding 10

Painting

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Copper

acetate: • As pigment for ceramics

Copper

carbonate: • As paint and varnish pigment

Iron

oxalate: • Pigment for plastics, paints, lacquors

Strontium

hexahydrated chloride: • Pigments 11

Photography

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Iron

oxalate: • Photographic developer for silver-bromide gelatin plates •

Potassium

oxalate: • Stains remover 12

Pyrotechnics

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Ammonium

oxalate: • Manuf. Explosives

Barium

nitrate: • • Fireworks (green colour) Ammunitions (tracer)

Barium

peroxide: • • Ammunitions (tracer) Exothermic bombs powdered aluminium) (when mixed

Potassium

nitrate: • Fireworks • In some explosives as an oxidant for the fuel • • • •

Strontium

chloride: hexahydrated • Fireworks (red colour)

Strontium

nitrate: • • Fireworks (red) Marine signals

Strontium

oxalate: • Smoke apparatus • Fireworks (red)

Strontium

peroxide: • • Ammunitions (tracer) Fireworks (red) 13

Rubber

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Zinc

peroxide: • In the vulcanisation of polysulphide rubber such as diaphragms, rollers o-rings and other speciality moulded items • In the vulcanisation of carboxylated nitrile rubbers to give materials with high abrasion resistence • Curing agent in one part polysulphide based sealants 14

Textile

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Ammonium

oxalate: • Dyeing agent

Barium

acetate: • Dyeing agent

Barium

• peroxide: Bleaching agent for animal • substances, vegetal fibres and straw • Prep before dying and printing textiles •

Copper

acetate: • Dyeing agent •

Potassium

oxalate: • Cleaning and bleaching straw

Strontium

peroxide • Fibres bleaching

Zinc

acetate: • As mordant in dyeing • Waterproofing of textiles, paper and leather 15

Wood

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Zinc

acetate: • Preserving wood 16