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ARGILE ORGANIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 1993-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
CONT

Most deodorants contain an organically activated clay known as organoclay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
OBS

L'argile est une roche généralement meuble (...) constituée de minéraux argileux accompagnés d'impuretés minérales ou organiques qui lui donnent des couleurs variées, blanches, grises (sulfure de fer), bleues ou noires (matières organiques), jaunes, rouges, brunes ou verdâtres (oxydes de fer).

OBS

"Sol organique" : sol riche en matière organique dans la majeure partie du profil.

OBS

"Roche sédimentaire organique" : roche dans la formation de laquelle les êtres vivants ont la part la plus importante ou la plus caractéristique (hydrocarbures, charbons, diatomite, radiolarite, spongolite, lumachelle, falun, calcaires construits, etc.).

Spanish

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