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Definition of Kieselguhr
1. Noun. A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material.
Definition of Kieselguhr
1. n. Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.
Definition of Kieselguhr
1. Noun. A kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite. ¹
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Definition of Kieselguhr
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Literary usage of Kieselguhr
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry by Society of Chemical Industry (1884)
"In order to utilise the immense deposits of green kieselguhr, kilns have been
erected ... They are continually replenished with green kieselguhr at the top, ..."
2. Silica and the Silicates by James Aloysius Audley (1921)
"The top stratum consists of white kieselguhr, and contains some sand, ... The next
stratum produces grey kieselguhr, and contains very little sand, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Thus, the specific heat of kieselguhr (0-2) is almost the same as the mean ...
1 dynamite with 25 pc kieselguhr, in a vessel completely filled by it, ..."
4. Lectures on Explosives: A Course of Lectures Prepared Especially as a Manual by Willoughby Walke (1900)
"The first substance used to absorb nitroglycerine and thereby transform the
explosive from the liquid to solid state was kieselguhr, and for an absolutely ..."
5. Blasting: A Handbook for the Use of Engineers and Others Engaged in Mining by Oscar Guttmann (1906)
"The absorbent chiefly used is " kieselguhr," a very bulky silicious earth, ...
The manufacture of kieselguhr dynamite has been practically given up in every ..."
6. Nitro-explosives: A Practical Treatise Concerning the Properties by Percy Gerald Sanford (1906)
"kieselguhr Dynamite—Classification of Dynamites—Properties and ... Among the
porous substances used is kieselguhr, a silicious earth which consists chiefly ..."
7. A Handbook on Modern Explosives: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture and by Manuel Eissler (1897)
"kieselguhr absorbs from three or four times its own weight of nitroglycerine,
and possesses the advantage over othe,r absorbents of resisting a greater ..."
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