What are numerous products and application of mica?

Applications and products of mica:

(i)  Sheet mica: Mainly used in electrical equipment and applications in form of washers, spacers, tubes, sleeves etc, where high voltages should be withstood.

Widely  used  in  high  reliability  capacitors  because of its  high  dielectric  strength  are used in microwave window and x-ray tube applications.

(ii)  Pasted  mica: Prepared  by  bonding  loose  mica  splittings  with  numerous resins  and glues into the form of hard plates or flexible sheets. Pasted mica used as flat segment plate in rotary machinery and as moulding plate where complex shapes are required like commutators, v-rings and channels.

(iii)  Mica  tape  and  wrappers: used  for  insulating  high  voltage  coils,  motor  armatures and other area of rotating machinery.

(iv) Heater plate: used in percolators and similar commercial appliances.

(v)  Reconstituted mica paper: used in capacitors, high temperature transformers and motors.

(vi)  Glass  bonded  mica  and  ceramoplatics: used  in  electronic  and  electrical  system where  insulation  requirements  are  preferably  low  dissipation  factor  at  high frequencies,  a  high  insulation  resistance  and  dielectric  breakdown  strength  along with extreme dimensional stability for example telemetering communication plates, moulded printed circuitry relay spacers.