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

When mixed with water and sprayed, the kaolin clay product creates a white particle film on foliage and fruit that confuses the insects.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2020

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

At some point after 1917, when the collector John Quinn bought the work from the dealer Robert Coady, the kaolin was removed.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2012

The alkali species yield kaolin by alteration, and are thus the source of china-clay.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various