Usually inert organic or inorganic materials which are added to plastics, resins or gel coats to vary the properties, extend volume, or lower the cost of the article being produced.
Any material used in conjunction with fiber to construct a sheet of paper or board. Usually added to improve opacity, softness, and/or printability.
Additives used to make a resin less costly. They can be inert or they can alter some properties of the plastic. See Reinforcements.
A term normally used to denote something nonchemical added to an oil or grease, i.e., moly, graphite, zinc oxide.
Ingredients that add bulk or extend a soap.
Relatively non-adhesive substances added to an adhesive composition to improve ease of application and/or some specific performance property such as strength, durability, hardness, dimensional stability or other characteristics.
The pigments and minerals used in the furnish to fill the spaces between the fibers to improve the opacity and printability of the paper, and to impart other properties to the sheet of paper.
Solids added to the roll compound, generally to improve its grinding characteristics or its physical properties.
papermaking additives, usually mineral clays or calcium carbonates
General term describing the bulk materials which are added to the rubber (usually as powders).
Nonconducting components cabled with the insulated conductors or optical fibers to impart roundness, flexibility, tensile strength, or a combination of all three, to the cable.
Additives which impart physical, optical qualities.
Fillers are materials added to plastics whose intent is to modify the physical nature of the plastic without significantly modifying its mechanical properties. Filler examples include mica (phogopite and muscovite mica), glass spheres, silica, and calcium carbonate.
Additives used in paper manufacturing process to fill gaps between paper fibers in order to enhance opacity, whiteness, and smoothness. Generally added to the liquid pulp mass, the most common fillers are mineral compounds such as kaolin or calcium carbonate. In finished papers, the filler content can be as high as 35 percent.
General term used for bulk materials added to a compound.
Meant to increase volume, chemicals and other indigestible material that are added to pet food.
Materials which are added to resins or gel coats for special flow characteristics, to extend volume, or to add strength to the article being produced.