R.T. Vanderbilt can supply a variety of products to meet your need for SUSPENSION / THICKENER SYSTEMS in your Agricultural applications.

Our best-known product lines, VEEGUM and VAN GEL are naturally occurring magnesium aluminum silicate minerals used to stabilize emulsions and suspensions and to thicken a wide range of products.















Please view the three-part VEEGUM Presentation found in the left navigation bar.

VANZAN xanthan gum is also a widely used rheology control agent for aqueous systems. It increases viscosity, helps stabilize emulsions and prevents settling of solids in a wide variety of applications.

Brochure:
  VANZAN^® XANTHAN GUM Brochure

Presentation:
 An Introduction to Suspension Concentrates

 VANZAN^® XANTHAN GUM

VAN GEL and VANZAN products function synergistically and are therefore, frequently used in combination with each other.

The most widely used grades in Agricultural applications are:

          VAN GEL B Granules is recommended for general industrial applications in the pH 2 to pH 13 range. Typical use levels are between 0.5% and 3.0%.

Vanderbilt Report:
  Crop Protection Pesticide Formulations
           No. 921


          VANZAN is the general purpose grade suitable for viscosity modification and suspension stability in agricultural flowables. Typical use levels are between 0.25% and 0.75%.

Vanderbilt Report:
  Crop Protection Pesticide Formulations
           No. 921