Description
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BARYTES
Baryte or barite is a moderately soft crystalline
mineral form of barium sulphate (BaSO4).
Approximately, 80% barytes produced worldwide is
used for oil and gas drilling as a weighting agent in
the drill mud, primarily to prevent the explosive
release of gas and oil during drilling. Its unique
physical and chemical properties like heaviness, high
specific gravity, chemical and physical inertness, very
low solubility and magnetic neutrality. Barium
compounds are utilised as filler, extender and
aggregate. Baryte after converting to barium
carbonate, is used in the manufacture of ceramic and
glass. The Mangampet deposit in Kadapa district of
Andhra Pradesh is the single largest barytes deposit
in the world.
30-1-2
BARYTES
Baryte or barite is a moderately soft crystalline
mineral form of barium sulphate (BaSO4).
Approximately, 80% barytes produced worldwide is
used for oil and gas drilling as a weighting agent in
the drill mud, primarily to prevent the explosive
release of gas and oil during drilling. Its unique
physical and chemical properties like heaviness, high
specific gravity, chemical and physical inertness, very
low solubility and magnetic neutrality. Barium
compounds are utilised as filler, extender and
aggregate. Baryte after converting to barium
carbonate, is used in the manufacture of ceramic and
glass. The Mangampet deposit in Kadapa district of
Andhra Pradesh is the single largest barytes deposit
in the world.