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Definition of Kieselguhr

Kieselguhr
Kieselguhr Kie"sel*guhr`, n. [G., fr. kiesel flint + guhr an earthy deposit or sediment in water.] Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.

Meaning of Kieselguhr from wikipedia

- DY-ə-tə-MAY-shəs), diatomite (/daɪˈætəmaɪt/ dy-AT-ə-myte), celite or kieselgur/kieselguhr is a naturally occurring, soft, siliceous sedimentary rock that can be...
- later managed to stabilize dynamite with a diatomaceous earth called kieselguhr. "Emil Nobel". Nobel Media AB. Retrieved 1 May 2020. "Immanuel Nobel"...
- A Berkefeld filter is a water filter made of diatomaceous earth (Kieselguhr). It was invented in Germany in 1891, and by 1922 was being marketed in the...
- consists of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) activated with pot****ium oxide K2O on kieselguhr or silica support. Platinum also works very well but is too expensive...
- purposefully hazy beer Parts Per Million of standard substance, such as PPM/DE (Kieselguhr) "Trübungseinheit/Formazin" (TE/F) a German standard, now replaced by...
- I.T., entrusted to the group by her adopted father, Colonel Halfcourt Kieselguhr Kid, freedom-fighter/terrorist. A gun fighter who uses dynamite instead...
- when nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent inert substance like kieselguhr (diatomaceous earth) it became safer and more convenient to handle, and...
- 1867. This was made by mixing nitroglycerin with diatomaceous earth ("Kieselguhr" in German) found in the Krümmel hills. Similar mixtures, such as "dualine"...
- ash, lime, dolomite, certain types of soil, and diatomaceous earth or Kieselguhr. Of these, diatomaceous earth in particular has seen a revival as a non-toxic...
- copper, iron, manganese, tin, coal, andalusite, chrysotile asbestos, kieselguhr, limestone, magnesite, talc and shale. Gold was first discovered in Mpumalanga...