Virtual International manufactures and supplies high-purity Zinc Oxide (ZnO), a fine, white inorganic powder essential to numerous industrial processes. We produce our premier grades using the French process, which ensures exceptional purity, brightness, and a controlled particle size. Zinc Oxide is a multifunctional additive, serving as an indispensable vulcanization activator in the rubber industry, a broad-spectrum UV-blocking agent in personal care products, a white pigment in paints and ceramics, and an essential micronutrient in animal feed. Industries rely on our consistent, high-quality Zinc Oxide to enhance product performance, durability, and value.

Key Features & Benefits

• Exceptional Purity (>99.7%): Our French process Zinc Oxide minimizes trace metal impurities, making it ideal for applications requiring high chemical reactivity and a clean white color.
• Superior UV Blocking: The specific particle size effectively scatters and absorbs both UVA and UVB radiation, providing excellent protection in sunscreens, coatings, and plastics.
• Powerful Vulcanization Activator: It plays a critical role in the sulfur vulcanization of rubber, improving cure speed, modulus, and resistance to heat and abrasion.
• High Opacity and Whiteness: As a pigment, it provides excellent hiding power and a bright white, neutral tone for paints, glazes, and plastics.
• Excellent Thermal Conductivity: It helps dissipate heat within rubber compounds, extending the service life of tires and other mechanical rubber goods.

Major Industrial Applications

Rubber Manufacturing:

• It is a mandatory activator in the curing process for most rubber products, including tires, belts, hoses, and footwear.

Ceramics:

• Glaze manufacturers use it as a fluxing agent to reduce the melting temperature and as an opacifier to create brilliant, durable surfaces.

Paints & Coatings:

• It serves as a white pigment and a functional additive that improves mildew resistance and provides UV stability to the paint film.

Personal Care & Pharmaceuticals:

• It is the active ingredient in mineral sunscreens and skin-care products like diaper rash creams and calamine lotions, where it acts as a skin protectant.

Animal Nutrition:

• Feed producers add Zinc Oxide to animal feed as a vital source of zinc, an essential trace element for growth, immune health, and fertility.

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Technical Specifications

Our Commitment to Quality

Virtual International produces Zinc Oxide under a stringent ISO 9001 certified quality management system. Our laboratories conduct rigorous tests on every batch to confirm purity, particle size, surface area, and heavy metal content, ensuring it consistently meets your specifications. We provide a complete Certificate of Analysis (COA) with every delivery for full traceability and quality assurance.

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