16 industries
Years in the Sub-Saharan chemicals sector have made Masimo a supplier of choice across a wide span of industry.
Copper, cobalt, uranium and zinc circuits run an organic phase made of an extractant dissolved in a hydrocarbon diluent. The diluent is most of that inventory by volume, so it decides how fast the phases separate, how much organic is lost to entrainment and evaporation, and how much crud the circuit makes.
Synthetic base fluid for invert emulsion muds, plus barrier fluid and base oil.
Solvency, flow and drying speed, from dearomatised white spirits through to heavy aromatics and glycol ethers.
All sixteen, grouped by the kind of operation. The right-hand column shows which of the three families the work draws on.
| Industry | What the chemistry does | Families |
|---|---|---|
| Resources and energy | ||
| Mining | Diluents for extraction circuits, carriers for flotation reagents, dust suppression fluids and equipment lubricants. | GTL, Solvents, Base oils |
| Solvent extraction | The hydrocarbon diluent carries the oxime or phosphinic acid extractant and controls phase disengagement and organic loss. Copper, cobalt, uranium and zinc. | GTL, Solvents |
| Oil and gas | Synthetic base fluid forms the continuous phase of invert emulsion drilling muds. Base oils go into barrier and completion fluids. | GTL, Base oils |
| Explosives | Dearomatised and synthetic paraffinic fluids make up the fuel phase of emulsion explosives and the fuel in Anfex and ANFO blends. | GTL, Solvents |
| Coatings, inks and polymers | ||
| Paints and coatings | Aliphatic and aromatic solvents dissolve the resin and set flow, film formation and drying. Glycol ethers couple waterborne systems. | Solvents |
| Inks | Solvent selection sets tack, transfer and drying speed on press, across flexographic, screen and industrial inks. | Solvents |
| Polymer production | Light paraffinic spirits serve as polymerisation diluents and reaction media. | Solvents, GTL |
| Tyre and rubber | Process and extender oils plasticise the compound. Light spirits go into rubber cements and adhesives. | Base oils, Solvents |
| Metals, machines and land | ||
| Metal | Rolling oils. Light low-aromatic paraffinic oils roll clean and leave no stain or carbon residue after annealing. | Base oils, GTL, Solvents |
| Automotive | Group II and Group III stocks blend into engine, transmission and hydraulic oils. MEG is the base fluid for coolant. | Base oils, Solvents |
| Agriculture | Aromatic naphthas dissolve active ingredients in emulsifiable concentrates. Dearomatised fluids carry the low-odour formulations. | Solvents |
| Seed oil extraction | Extraction-grade hexane strips oil from soya, sunflower, canola and groundnut. | Solvents |
| Water, consumer and life science | ||
| Water treatment | Synthetic paraffinic fluids carry the inverse emulsion in polyacrylamide flocculant manufacture. | GTL |
| Detergents | Alcohols and alcohol ethoxylates. C10-C13 n-paraffin is the chain feedstock behind linear alkylbenzene and surfactant manufacture. | GTL, Solvents |
| Fast moving consumer goods | Low-odour dearomatised fluids and alcohols go into aerosols, cleaners and household products. | Solvents |
| Pharmaceutical | IPA for cleaning, disinfection and process use. Glycol ethers in coating and extraction steps. | Solvents |
Suitability for a given process depends on the grade, not the family. Send us the duty and we will point at the specific grade and the sales specification behind it.
