Earthing Bentonite Powder - Application: Chemical Industry

Bentonite is used for earthing application as an earthing compound compared to traditional practice of using salt sodium chloride which is highly corrosive in nature and dissolves in water affecting the shelf life of the Electroplate. Due to this time to time maintenance of the earthing pit is required, if not done then fault issue arises. Coal is another compound used in earthing which cant resist high heat and gets converted into ash and cant retain water resulting in pit fault.

Bentonite holds moisture and is used as earth electrode back fill compound to help lower soil resistivity. It has the property of absorbing and retaining water for longer duration of time compared to traditional earthing compounds such as salt and coal, due to this the shelf life of earth conductivity lasts for longer period of time, also it protects earth conductor from corrosion.