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High Gravity Solids

High gravity solids (HGS) are dense solids, such as barite, calcium carbonate or hematite, which are added to increase mud density, also known as weighting material. The specific gravity of water is 1.00, barite is 4.20, and hematite 5.505 g/cm3.



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