- In paint industry
- In polish industry
- As carbon black wetting agents for black news ink and heat set and gravure ink
- As a binder in wood products industry
- In drilling mud fluids and oil well cementing
- As asphalt modifiers
- As foundry sands and casting sands additives
- In cementing slurries
- To insulate tanks, tubes and even moulding
- As a binder and additive in steel desulfurization products
- To make waterproof coatings for water pipes
- Asphalt driveway coat sealer
- Solvent-based and emulsion pavement sealers
- As a performance-enhancing agent for asphalt mixes
- As an organic fuel in fireworks
- For manufacture of high purity carbon electrodes in the nuclear industry
- As a binder in metallurgical additives and refractories
- In manufacture of con-tact and hot melt adhesives, friction products, and pipe coatings
- In roofing materials primarily as an agent to lower the penetration of petroleum asphalt without aging or oxidizing the base Asphalt
- In Bitumen and Asphalt production
Originally, Gilsonite was sold as “Selects” and “Fines”; the low softening point ore with conchoidal fracture was known as “Selects”. The higher softening point ore with a pencilled structure was known as “Fines”. Selects commanded a higher price than Fines because of its better purity, good solubility, and usefulness in the paint, stain, and varnish industries.
Advantages of Gilsonite Usage
- Readily soluble without heating in aromatic solvents and in most chlorinated solvents
- High Asphaltene content
- High solubility in organic solvents
- High purity and consistent properties
- High molecular weight
- High in resin and Nitrogen content
Gilsonite usage in the different industry as:
- Gilsonite usage for road construction and asphalt
- Gilsonite usage for roof insulation and isolation
- Gilsonite usage for oil drilling as drilling mud
- Gilsonite usage for Ink, Paint, and Coat
- Gilsonite is combined with coal to produce coke that has usage in different industries such as foundry sands, glass industry etc