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noun - an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash
An absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash and used in various adhesives, cements, and ceramic fillers.
BENTONITE - Bentonite (/bntnt/) is an absorbent aluminium phyllosilicate clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite. It was named by Wilbur C. Knight in 1898 afte...
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Explosive buried under mountain peak to yield clay |
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An absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash and used in various adhesives, cements, and ceramic fillers. |
a kind of absorbent clay formed by breakdown of volcanic ash, used especially as a filler. |
an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash |
A kind of absorbent clay formed by breakdown of volcanic ash, used especially as a filler. |
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Bentonite (/bntnt/) is an absorbent aluminium phyllosilicate clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite. It was named by Wilbur C. Knight in 1898 after the Cretaceous Benton Shale near Rock River, Wyoming.The different types of bentonite are each named after the respective dominant element, such as potassium (K), sodium (Na), calcium (Ca), and aluminium (Al). Experts debate a number of nomenclatorial problems with the classification of bentonite clays. Bentonite usually forms from weathering of volcanic ash, most often in the presence of water. However, the term bentonite, as well as a similar clay called tonstein, has been used to describe clay beds of uncertain origin. For industrial purposes, two main classes of bentonite exist: sodium and calcium bentonite. In stratigraphy and tephrochronology, completely devitrified (weathered volcanic glass) ash-fall beds are commonly referred to as K-bentonites when the dominant clay species is illite. In addition to montmorillonite and illite an |