vermiculite in English

noun
1
a yellow or brown mineral found as an alteration product of mica and other minerals, and used for insulation or as a moisture-retentive medium for growing plants.
Clay minerals are mainly illite and chlorite, with only traces of smectite, vermiculite and kaolinite.

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1. Vermiculite, reaction product with citric acid, lithium salt

2. Heavy metal adsorption-removing method using expanded vermiculite

3. The town had a vermiculite mine in it.

4. vermiculite, reaction product with citric acid, lithium salt

5. Of the Amphiboles associated with the Vermiculite Mountain deposit.

6. The present invention relates to a heavy metal adsorption-removing method using expanded vermiculite and, more specifically, to a heavy metal adsorption-removing method using expanded vermiculite, the method in which expanded vermiculite is added to a solution having various types of heavy metal dissolved therein, thereby applying as an adsorbent the expanded vermiculite which has been stirred and mixed at a fixed speed.

7. Vermiculite contaminated with Libby Amphibole asbestos was shipped to nearly 300 processing plants around the country

8. When lighter aggregates are used (e.g., expanded clays, crushed pumice, vermiculite, granulated slag) ‘light concrete’ is obtained.

9. When lighter aggregates are used (for example, expanded clays, crushed pumice, vermiculite, granulated slag) ‘light concrete’ is obtained.

10. The water absorbent solid may be a clay such as bentonite or a hydrated mineral such as vermiculite.

11. There is also concern about vermiculite insulation which may contain small amounts of amphibole asbestos, principally tremolite or actinolite.

12. The best dispensation for the highest surviving rate 98% is to mix the perlite, vermiculite and humous as the rate of

13. Asbestos may be present in steam pipe and boiler insulation, vermiculite attic insulation, floor tiles, exterior siding, roofing shingles and other

14. 21 On the basis of riddling various nonmetal minerals and the application test of bentonite, zeolite, apatite, vermiculite, glauconite, expanded pearlite etc.

15. The Vermiculite Mountain Amphiboles, even when originally present as massive material, can produce abundant, extremely fine fibers by gentle abrasion or crushing

16. Vermiculite was used to insulate lofts, huge amounts of it put under the roof to keep houses warm during the long Montana winters.

17. Vermiculite Aerates soil and increases its ability to retain moisture (holding more water for longer) and retain nutrients, making them more consistently available to your plants

18. The feed additives kaolinitic clay, vermiculite, natrolite-phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents

19. As noted above, Libby Amphibole asbestos (LAA) has been found to co-occur with the vermiculite ore that was mined in Libby, Montana starting in the 1920s

20. Allothigenic clay minerals, particularly of the platy type (kaolinite, hy- dromica, chlorite, montmorillonite, vermiculite), are characterized by isometrical Fig.5. Allothigenic hydromica, Lower Devonian, Volga-Ural region

21. The feed additives kaolinitic clay, vermiculite, natrolite-phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.

22. The feed additives kaolinitic clay, calcium sulphate dihydrate, vermiculite, natrolite-phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.

23. Corms Corms placed in the trays are filled with an inert substrate such as vermiculite or arlita, allowing levelling, helping to retain moisture and serving as an anchor for shoots and roots

24. Synonyms & Antonyms of Amalgamation a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things an Amalgamation of peat moss and vermiculite is a good medium for starting vegetable seedlings

25. Depreciation of 15 percent a year, plus plastic replacement cost, as well as the purchase of seed, pesticides, extra nutrients and vermiculite, in addition to water, packaging and transporting costs would raise the outlay considerably.

26. Plural of amalgamation Synonyms & Antonyms of Amalgamations a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things an amalgamation of peat moss and vermiculite is a good medium for starting vegetable seedlings

27. Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of Chapter 69:

28. 6806 | Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of Chapter 69: |

29. Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of Chapter 69

30. For Coleoptile length measurements, 14 seeds/line were sown in 100 mm deep wooden trays (50:50 fertile compost/vermiculite soil mix) and grown in growth cabinets at 15 °C for 14 days (210 degree days) in the dark before Coleoptile lengths were measured with a ruler.