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Primary uses
- Builds viscosity and suspends cuttings in water-based drilling fluids
- Binds sand in foundry moulds for clean, repeatable metal casting
- Seals ponds, landfills, and civil excavations by forming a low-permeability barrier
Oil and gas
- Viscosifier and filtrate-control agent in drilling muds
- Forms a thin filter cake that protects the formation
- Stabilises boreholes in unconsolidated formations
