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Record 1 2004-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Loose or porous diatomite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
DEF

Variété de diatomite à fort pouvoir absorbant.

CONT

Aujourd'hui l'intérêt des diatomites réside dans leur porosité; sous le nom de kieselguhr, l'une d'elles servit à Nobel comme absorbant de la nitroglycérine dans la fabrication de la dynamite.

OBS

Mot emprunté à l'allemand, d'où la graphie occasionnelle avec la lettre initiale «K» en majuscule. Voir aussi «diatomite», «terre de diatomées» et «silice amorphe».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Geoquímica
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