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Huber Cleaning Precipitated Silicas

Quick Reference for Huber's Standard Offering of Cleaning Silica Abrasives

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• Zeodent® 113  Standard Cleaning Silica
• Zeodent® 124  Medium Cleaning Silica
• Zeodent® 103  High Cleaning Silica

Cleaning Silicas

Huber’s standard and medium cleaning silicas (Zeodent® 113 and Zeodent® 124) are typically used at a 10 to 30 percent loading level and provide the toothpaste formulation its cleaning properties. Pellicle Cleaning Ratio (PCR) and Relative Dentin Abrasion (RDA) are industry recognized measurements of toothpaste performance. Toothpaste formulated with Zeodent® silicas have typical RDA values (Hefferren method) well below the American Dental Association (ADA) established maximum RDA level of 250. Huber precipitated silica products are considered safe and effective in all dentifrice applications. Zeodent and Zeofree silicas can also be tailored to specific optical properties critical to the manufacture of clear gel and translucent gel toothpaste, using Huber’s proprietary Controlled Function Technology® services. The silica refractive index can be controlled so that when it is formulated into a dentifrice application, the resulting product is translucent or crystal clear dependent on the need of the customer.

Huber’s High Cleaning Silicas

Huber’s high cleaning silica (Zeodent® 103) offers outstanding cleaning/whitening. This product is ideal to meet the growing global demand for whitening dentifrice applications. It can be used as a single cleaning agent or blended with Huber’s standard cleaning silicas. For example, Huber’s high cleaning silica Zeodent® 103 can be used to boost the cleaning of Zeodent® 113. In this case, the use level of the high cleaning silica is typically 1 to 10 percent. By replacing a small amount of standard cleaning silica with Zeodent 103, a standard formula can be upgraded to a high performing whitening product without a complete reformulation. Zeodent 103 high cleaning silica can also be used as the primary cleaning silica at five to 20 percent loading levels to deliver thehighest level of cleaning performance.

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