kaolinite

Examples

• All

• The characteristic clay soil comprises uniform colloidal particles of kaolinite (between 0.2 and 2.0 µm).

  Academic text (1994)

• The sand and silt are composed mainly of quartz, and the clays are composed of clay minerals such as kaolinite, montmorillonite, illite, and vermiculite.

  Academic text (1993)

• The dominant soils of these areas are almost entirely kaolinite and iron oxides.

  Academic text (1994)

• Andersland and Khattak14 conducted triaxial tests on kaolinite clay reinforced with paper pulp (cellulose) fibers.

  Academic text (2016)

• Similar results have been reported for reinforced cohesive soil by Maher and Ho and Ahmad et al. Maher and Ho concluded from experimental tests on reinforced kaolinite that, for a given fiber content, increasing the length of fibers causes a reduction in strength.

  Academic text (2016)

• In geology classes, students learn that kaolinite is a significant component of many clay-rich soils.

• The artist preferred to use kaolinite in her pottery for its fine texture and white color.

Synonyms

K

kaolin

vskaolinite

• Specialized

1 9.0

A fine white clay used to make pottery and paper

is the mineral constituent that mainly composes that clay material

K

kaoline

vskaolinite

• UK

9.5

A fine white clay that people use to make ceramics and paper and to absorb liquids

is the mineral making up such clay rather than the processed material

C

china clay

vskaolinite

• UK

4.6

A fine white powder from the ground used for pottery and paper

is the mineral found within that industrial clay not the bulk material

C

china stone

vskaolinite

• Specialized

9.4

A fine white clay made when rocks break down and used to make pottery and as a filler

is the mineral component making up this clay rather than the clay itself

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology