kaolin meaning

Noun: kaolin  keyulin

1. A fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
   - china clay, china stone, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba

Derived forms: kaolins

Type of: clay

Part of: Kaopectate

Encyclopedia: Kaolin

[Architecture]

A mineral, usually white, composed principally of hydrous aluminum silicate, of low iron content; used in the manufacture of white cement.

[Medicine]
n : a fine usu. white clay that is used in ceramics and refractories, as a filler or extender, and in medicine esp. as an adsorbent in the treatment of diarrhea (as in food poisoning or dysentery)

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1. kaolin forms pseudo-hexagonal plates, often regularly arranged in book-like or vermicular stacks.
2. rock fragments, including volcanics, are common, and the matrix consists largely of kaolin and illite.
3. physical and chermical indexes of super-fine kaolin se
4. calcium aluminate, kaolin, gypsum flint stone, ball clay
5. preparation of amorphous silica from coal-based kaolin