BARITE
BARITE
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Littleton: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc
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Littleton: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc
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McRae discusses the industrial trends of barite. Because of high specific gravity, barite is the weighting agent of choice in oil and natural-pas drilling fluids, used to suppress high formation pressures and to prevent blowouts. In the US this application accounts for more than 90 percent of barite sales. Barite also is used in radiation-shielding...
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BARITE
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TN_cdi_proquest_reports_2685103896
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_reports_2685103896
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0026-5187
