Colour: White, Fish, Honey
Thickness: 0.3cm
Diameter: =>3cm to 15cm
Grade A: Clean without Spots or stains
Grade B: Clean with some spots/ Stains
Grade C: Clean with a lot of spots
Muscovite mica is a mineral that’s made of aluminum and potassium, and is the most common type of mica. It’s also known as white mica, isinglass, or potash mica.
Muscovite mica has a perfect basal cleavage, which means it can be split into very thin, flexible sheets.
Muscovite mica is light in color, and its sheets are transparent to translucent.
Muscovite mica has a high thermal resistance, making it a good thermal insulator.
Muscovite mica has a high dielectric strength, making it a good dielectric insulator.
Muscovite mica is chemically inert, lightweight, and resilient.
In Russia, muscovite mica was used to make windowpanes, which became known as Muscovy glass.
Muscovite mica is used in industrial insulation, such as lining furnaces and automotive batteries.
Muscovite mica is used to immobilize biological species, such as DNA, protein arrays, and lipid films.
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