• Fumed silica (silicon dioxide) is used as a filler or flow control additive in many products, and it serves as a universal thickening agent and an anticaking agent (free-flow agent) in powders.
• The advantages of using fumed silica as it is Anti-settling, thickening and sag resistance agent, for Scratch and abrasion resistance, free-flow and anti-caking, Corrosion resistance, enhanced absorbency, and for Reinforcement.
• It is used as viscosity adjustment in paints, coatings, printing inks, adhesives and unsaturated polyester resins.
• Other uses in cosmetics for its light-diffusing properties. It is used as a light abrasive, in products like toothpaste