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Definition of Bentonite

1. Noun. An absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash.

Definition of Bentonite

1. Noun. (minerology) any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite ¹

2. Noun. a porous clay formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash that swells 5 to 6 times its original volume in the presence of water ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bentonite

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Medical Definition of Bentonite

1. Bentonite. A native, colloidal, hydrated aluminum silicate which, on the addition of water, swells to produce a slippery paste. Its chief pharmaceutical use is as a suspending agent and it has also been used as a bulk laxative. Chemical name: Bentonite (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Bentonite

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1. Clays: Their Occurrence, Properties, and Uses, with Especial Reference to by Heinrich Ries (1908)
"bentonite.—A peculiar variety of clay found in Wyoming and known as bentonite was first described by WC Knight under the name of ..."

2. Food Chemicals Codex: First Supplement to the Fifth Edition by Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Food Chemicals Codex, Committee on Food Chemicals Codex, Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"... Fifth Edition MONOGRAPHS Anise Oil, page 32 REQUIREMENTS Angular Rotation bentonite, page 46 REQUIREMENTS Between +Г and =1° Lead Not more than 4 mg/kg. ..."

3. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"A decrease in n with an increase in T for bentonite is possibly connected with ... The quartz- bentonite system is also not rigid as a result of segregation ..."

4. Proceedings of the Workshop on Long-Lived Radionuclide Chemistry in Nuclear by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (1998)
"Similar behaviour was observed for the samples of bentonite R (Figure 2). The sorption of'34Cs The dependence of the distribution coefficient Kd on the ..."

5. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"In this work, the mobility of ions in frozen bentonite clay and frozen silts was investigated directly by determining sodium ion diffusion coefficients and ..."

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