Silica gel, a form of silicon dioxide, is prepared commercially by the acidification of sodium silicate. It is used in a variety of commercial, industrial, and household applications and is available in the market in various forms and product types. Silica gels are produced using raw materials such as aqueous sodium or potassium silicate and mineral acids like sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, or phosphoric acid. These gels are used in a variety of commercial, industrial, and household applications including the automotive and electrical industries and are available in the market in various forms such as powder and granulated silica.

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Market overview

Top-vendor offerings

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

PART 05: Market landscape

Market size and forecast

Five forces analysis

Capacity and production levels across regions

PART 06: Market segmentation by product type

Global silica gel market by product type

Indicative silica gel

Non-indicative silica gel

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-use

Global silica gel market by end-use industry

Silica gel in oil and gas industry

Silica gel in petrochemical industry

Silica gel in pharmaceutical industry

Silica gel in consumer goods industry

Silica gel in other end-use industries

PART 08: Market segmentation by geography

Global silica gel market by geography

Silica gel market in APAC

Silica gel market in North America

Silica gel market in Europe

Silica gel market in ROW

PART 09: Market drivers

Growing use of silica aerogel in construction industry

Growing demand for silica gel in China

Increased use of silica gel in food industry

PART 10: Impact of drivers

PART 11: Market challenges

Health hazards associated with use of silica gel

Preference for substitutes

Decreasing demand for silica gel in developed

countries

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 13: Market trends

Recycling of used desiccants and adsorbents

Growing use of allochroic silica gel

Development of environment-friendly silica gel

products

Growing demand from other countries of APAC

(excluding China)

PART 14: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Major market vendors

Other prominent vendors

PART 15: Key vendor analysis

BASF

Clariant

Evonik

Solvay

W.R. Grace

PART 16: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 17: Explore Technavio