Bleaching Earth, also known as activated bleaching earth, activated bleaching clay, bleaching clay, activated clay or fuller's earth.

 

It is manufactured by acid activation of calcium bentonite, showing a fine, grayish-white powder, having a highly porous inner structure and a multitude of acid sites upon its surface.

 

It is very suitable for removal of aflatoxin, carotinoids, phospholipids and peroxides, pesticide residue, via chemisorption and acid catalysis.With its strong absorbing, bleaching and decolorizing properties, bleaching earth is highly used in a wide scope of applications such as refining vegetable and animal oils and fats, moreover for finishing and/or reprocessing numerous types of mineral oils, paraffin and waxes. It can be also used as the clarifier of the grape wine and fruit juice, and as a stabilizer of the treatment of the beer.Besides the above, it is widely used to filter the impurities from petroleum products and as a lubricant for drilling oil.