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Talc is always an attractive subject of such studies due to its platelet structure. In thermoforming and compression molding processes of three resins (PP, HDPE, and PPS), each containing 20% talc, the talc particles were always parallel to the specimen surface, regardless of the resin used. Crystallites grew in a direction normal to the surface of talc particles and thus were perpendicular to the specimen surface. But in the case of unfilled HDPE, crystallites grew parallel to the specimen surface. There was no difference in crystallite growth direction in the case of polypropylene with and without talc. 

Baby powder (without talc) Gypsum Shoe polish... 

Various other soft materials without the layer—lattice stmcture are used as soHd lubricants (58), eg, basic white lead or lead carbonate [598-63-0] used in thread compounds, lime [1305-78-8] as a carrier in wire drawing, talc [14807-96-6] and bentonite [1302-78-9] as fillers for grease for cable pulling, and zinc oxide [1314-13-2] in high load capacity greases. Graphite fluoride is effective as a thin-film lubricant up to 400°C and is especially useful with a suitable binder such as polyimide varnish (59). Boric acid has been shown to have promise as a self-replenishing soHd composite (60). 

Surfaces that do not have strong surface chemical bonds that were broken tend to be nonpolar and are not readily wetted. Substances such as graphite and talc are examples that can be broken along weakly bonded layer planes without rupturing strong chemical bonds. These solids are naturally floatable. Also, polymeric particles possess... 

Talc, unlike Che micas, consists of electrically neutral layers without the interleaving cations. It is valued for its softness, smoothrtess and dry lubricating properties, and for its whitertess, chermcal inertness and foliated structure. Its most important abdications are in ceramics, insecticides, paints and paper manufacture. The more familiar use in cosmetics and toilet preparations accounts for only 3% of world production which is about 5 Mt per annum. Half of this comes from Japan and the USA. and other major producers are Korea, the former Soviet Union, France and China. Talc and its more massive mineral form soapstone or steatite arc widely distributed throughout the world and many countries produce it for domestic consumption either by open-cast or underground mining. 

Silicates (compounds made up of silicon, oxygen and one or more metals with or without hydrogen. Asbestos dust is the most hazardous (page 55). Others, e.g. talc, mica, vermiculite, have caused a silicatosis on prolonged exposure.)... 

A bar of talc feels like a bar of soap which is why it is often called soapstone. Its exceptional softness (it is the softest of the Mohs minerals) is a direct result of its unusual crystal structure. This consists of sheets of silicate tetrahedra without metal ions between the sheets. Thus the sheets are bonded only by London polarization forces. The latter are particularly weak because silicate tetrahedra have relatively small polarizabilities. 

Polyolefins are well adapted to the mono-material concept talc-filled polypropylene and LFRT for structural parts, foamed polyethylene and polypropylene for damping, polypropy-lene/EPDM alloys or copolymers for skins. Some other functions need incompatible polymers with specific characteristics such as optical properties. Without claiming to be exhaustive, the other thermoplastic materials are ... 

For example, the scratch resistance of talc-filled TPOs modified with 2-3% silicone from masterbatches is significantly improved and visible whitening is suppressed under conditions that damage the same TPO without silicone. Paintability must be verified but a low silicone level (2.5% for example) does not affect paintability, and weathering resistance increases showing less change in aspect than the control without silicone. 

Soapstone is a soft metamwphk rock without precise mineralogical definition composed mainly of talc, dolomite, and actinolite talc is mined as soapstone, hut some forms of soapstone have as little as 50% talc. 

In addition to MC and MD simulations, several quantum-chemical studies of hydrated clay minerals with or without exchangeable cations in the interlayer space have been performed at the ab initio and semiempirical level of theory. The total energy of hydrated layered silicates (talc and pyrophyllite) without exchangeable counterions, the position and interactions of interlayer water... 

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