Description

soapstone or steatite and has been used for stoves, sinks, electrical switchboards, crayons, soap, etc. It is often used for surfaces of lab counter tops and electrical switchboards because of its resistance to heat, electricity and acids. Talc finds use as a lubricant, and as a filler in astringent powder used for preventing rashes on the area covered by a basketball to keep a player\'s hands dry. Most tailor\'s welding or Talc is also used as food additive or in pharmaceutical products as a pleurodesis agent to prevent recurrent pleural effusion or Talc is widely used in the ceramics industry in both bodies and glazes