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Calcium Carbonate (Ground & Precipitated) British, European, US Pharmacopeia approved

Calcitec is a ground calcitic Calcium Carbonate and GRB is an aragonitic Precipitated Calcium Carbonate. Both Calcitec and GRB are recommended for the following pharmaceutical applications:

GCC

V/40

V/30

V/40S

M/1

Top cut d99% (µm)

40

33

30

4.8

Mean particle size
< d50%(µm)

6.5

6.8

6.0

1.3

Particles< 2µm (%)

22

21.5

21

73

Brightness (Y)

95.5

95.6

95.8

98.5

Oil absorption (g/100gr.)

16

18

17

28

  Passing Microns
PCC < 10.0 < 5.0 < 1.0 < 0.5
GRB L/A 98.7% 86.6% 44.7% 19.2%
GRB L/N 99.7% 96.8% 28.9% 5.0%
GRB L/L 99.8% 97.5% 16.3% 5.0%