| fuller's earth |
an absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent
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| fuller's earth |
Fuller's earth is any nonplastic clay or claylike material that can be used to decolorize, filter, and purify animal, mineral, and vegetable oils and greases. It usually has a high magnesium oxide content. In the United States, two varieties of fuller's earth are mined, mainly in the southeastern states. ...
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| fuller's earth |
A clay used to give more body to textiles. It was discovered by John Olson in 1891 at Benson, Arkansas. "Fuller's earth" is not a proper name and, unless "fuller" comes at the beginning of a sentence, should not be capitalized.
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| fuller's earth |
a type of clay that is commercially valuable and widely used as cat litter and as a dispersant in insecticides.
출처: www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/geologictopics/glossar...
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| fuller's earth p. |
a rare type of silicatosis caused by inhalation of the dust of fuller's earth, seen in workers with long-term heavy exposure.
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