Volumetric Feeder for Fumed Silica
Fumed silica is also known as pyrogenic silica because it is produced in flame pyrolysis of silicon tetrachloride or from quartz sand vaporized in a 3000 °C electric arc. Fumed Silica consists of microscopic droplets of amorphous silica fused into branched, chainlike, three-dimensional secondary particles, agglomerating into tertiary particles. The resulting powder has an extremely low bulk density of 2.5-11.8 lbs/ft3 (40–190 kg/m3), a primary particle size of 5–50 nm (smaller than the average p