kaolin
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Collins, over at Washington State University, has been experimenting with spraying fine-powdered kaolin or bentonite, which are clays, mixed with water onto wine grapes so it absorbs materials that are in smoke.
From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2023
Neither kaolin clay nor a mix of neem and karanja oil significantly reduced damage on young apple trees, researchers reported in the Journal of Entomological Science.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2021
Tourniquets are now standard issue in the U.S. military, along with hemostatic dressings—sterile gauze infused with kaolin, a clay that promotes swift blood clotting.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019
When this recipe started to affect her asthma, she developed her own variation using white kaolin clay.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018
Later, Böttcher succeeded in discovering the mode of making true porcelain by the accidental detection of the kaolin necessary for the purpose.
From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by Chaffers, William
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