{"id":203875,"date":"2016-09-19T12:25:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T00:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.australianperlite.com\/aust\/nz\/?post_type=product&#038;p=203875"},"modified":"2023-05-25T10:02:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T22:02:07","slug":"vermiculite-100l","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.ausperl.com\/nz\/product\/vermiculite-100l\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSPERL Vermiculite 100L"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vermiculite is used in thousands of applications from potting soils, light weight concrete, fire protection construction materials, intumescent applications, as a UN approved packaging material for the safe shipment of hazardous liquids, texturisers in paints and coatings, and most recently as nanocomposites for films, coatings and barrier applications. When subjected to heat\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.australianperlite.com\/aust\/vermiculite\/\">vermiculite<\/a>\u00a0has the unusual property of exfoliating or expanding into worm-like pieces (the name\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.australianperlite.com\/aust\/vermiculite\/\">vermiculite<\/a>\u00a0is derived from the Latin \u2018vermiculare\u2019 \u2013 to breed worms).<\/p>\n<p>This characteristic of exfoliation, the basis for commercial use of the mineral, is the result of the mechanical separation of the layers by the rapid conversion of contained water to steam.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in bulk volume of commercial grades is 8 to 12 times, but individual flakes may exfoliate as many as 30 times. There is a colour change during expansion that is dependent upon the composition of the<span class=\"bm_keywordlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.australianperlite.com\/aust\/vermiculite\/\">vermiculite<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and furnace temperature.<\/p>\n<p>The bulk density of crude\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.australianperlite.com\/aust\/vermiculite\/\">vermiculite<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.australianperlite.com\/aust\/vermiculite\/\">vermiculite<\/a>\u00a0concentrate is in the range of 640-1120 kg\/m\u00b3 and exfoliated or expanded\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.australianperlite.com\/aust\/vermiculite\/\">vermiculite<\/a>\u00a0is in the range of 64-160 kg\/m\u00b3<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">**NOTE: IF YOU WANT TO COLLECT FROM OUR AUCKLAND FACTORY, PLEASE SELECT &#8216;AUCKLAND&#8217; AS THE CITY IN THE CALCULATE SHIPPING SECTION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grade 2 Fine: 1-4mm<br \/>\nGrade 3 Medium: 2-5mm<br \/>\nGrade 4 Coarse: 3-8mm<br \/>\n100 litre bag<\/p>\n<p>Vermiculite\u00a0is one of the world\u2019s most unique minerals. A hydrated Magnesium Aluminium Silicate, it is lightweight, inorganic (incombustible), compressible, highly absorbent and non-reactive and is used in thousands of applications including potting soils and grow mixes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":203876,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[9],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-203875","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-ausperl-nz-shop","7":"product_shipping_class-non-quarry-can-be-shipped","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-variable"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ausperl.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/203875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ausperl.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ausperl.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ausperl.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ausperl.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ausperl.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=203875"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ausperl.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=203875"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ausperl.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=203875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}