• High Matting/flatting efficiency
  Gasil^® high porosity silicas are extremely efficient matting/flatting agents, resulting in lower silica loading and improved film properties giving the customer the best value.

• Dispersibility
  Treatment ensures excellent dispersibility in your chosen formulation and process.

• Optical properties
  The refractive index of silica is comparable to the organic resins used in the coatings industry. Consequently, silica particles in lacquer films are not visible and the effect on clarity and haze in clear systems is minimised.

• Consistency
  Precisely controlled particle size, surface area, pore volume and surface treatment offers consistent performance.

• Colour
  Gasil silicas are manufactured from high purity feedstocks, ensuring low levels of trace metal contaminants resulting in products with high whiteness values. This helps ensure there is no impact on the colour of pigmented coatings.

• Film quality
  Gasil silicas have a minimal effect on mechanical film properties, allowing smooth films with excellent scratch, stain and mar resistance, to be developed.

Gasil^® silicas are an amorphous (non-crystalline) silicon dioxide and are hence non-silicotic and safe to handle.