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Filler Use in Compounds for Thermoforming
CaCO and talc are widelyused fillers in thermoplastic and thermoset sheet compounds. They are mainly used to reduce cost and to increase recyclable contentl. For instance, consider that the price of polypropylene is around /lb and the cost of calcium carbonate (CaC03) is / 1b and of Talc /lb. If we compound 30% by weight of