POLY-BORE™ stabilizing agent is a free flowing, water-soluble, easy mixing, 100% active, dry granular polymer. POLY-BORE stabilizing agent is a very high molecular weight partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (PHPA) polymer.
When mixed with fresh water, a small quantity of POLYBORE stabilising agent can provide a clear, solid-free, viscous borehole stabilising fluid for use in drilled shaft, auger drilling, horizontal directional boring, trenching excavation and reverse circulation (RC) rotary drilling.
POLY-BORE stabilizing agent is not designed to be used in conjunction with bentonite based fluids.
- Appearance: White granular
- Bulk density, lb/ft3 : 52
- pH (0.25% solution) : 8.5 to 9.0
- Provide a clay-free boring fluid
- Stabilize reactive clay and shale formations
- Enhance core recovery in continuous wireline coring operations
- Provide high cohesiveness to bind excavated sandy soil and gravel
- Facilitate the removal of drilled spoils from augers and increase the excavation rate
- Maximize load transfer for drilled shaft application
- Disperses easily with minimal shear
- Efficient shale/clay stabilizer and viscosifier
- Does not require solids control unit to clean the slurry
- Promotes stable and gage borehole
- Results in maximum skin friction and ultimate end bearing capacity for a drilled shaft
- Non-fermenting
- No petroleum distillates involved
- Breaks down chemically with bleach (sodium hypochlorite)
- NSF/ANSI Standard 60 certified