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PRONUNCIATION OF CLAY MINERAL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLAY MINERAL

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Clay mineral is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CLAY MINERAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

clay mineral

Clay minerals

Clay minerals are hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, sometimes with variable amounts of iron, magnesium, alkali metals, alkaline earths, and other cations found on or near some planetary surfaces. Clay minerals form in the presence of water and have been important to life, and many theories of abiogenesis involve them. They have been useful to humans since ancient times in agriculture and manufacturing.

Definition of clay mineral in the English dictionary

The definition of clay mineral in the dictionary is any of a group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates: the major constituents of clays.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLAY MINERAL

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claymation
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clayware

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLAY MINERAL

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Synonyms and antonyms of clay mineral in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «clay mineral» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLAY MINERAL

Find out the translation of clay mineral to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clay mineral from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clay mineral» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粘土矿物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mineral de arcilla
570 millions of speakers

English

clay mineral
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिट्टी खनिज
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الطين المعدنية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глинистый минерал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

argila mineral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত্তিকা খনিজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

un minéral argileux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mineral tanah liat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tonmineral
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

粘土鉱物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

점토 광물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lempung mineral
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

khoáng sản đất sét
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

களிமண் கனிம
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिकणमाती खनिज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kil minerali
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minerale argilloso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gliny mineralnej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

глинистий мінерал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lut mineral
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ορυκτής αργίλου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleimineraal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lermineral
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leirmineral
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clay mineral

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAY MINERAL»

The term «clay mineral» is regularly used and occupies the 81.066 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAY MINERAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clay mineral

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLAY MINERAL»

Discover the use of clay mineral in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clay mineral and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Clay Mineral Cements in Sandstones: (Special Publication 34 ...
The readership of this volume will include sedimentologists and petrographers who deal with the occurrence, spatial and temporal distribution patterns and importance of clay mineral cements in sandstones, geochemists involved in unraveling ...
Richard Worden, Sadoon Morad, 2009
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Handbook of Clay Science
The Handbook of Clay Science aims at assembling the scattered literature on the varied and diverse aspects that make up the discipline of clay science.
F. Bergaya, B.K.G. Theng, G. Lagaly, 2011
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Clay Mineral Quantification Using Gravemetric Analysis
Chittoori (2008) had developed three models to quantify the clay minerals using Microsoft Excel Solver, Regression Equations and Artificial Neural networks.
Sarwenaj Ashraf, 2008
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Advanced techniques for clay mineral analysis: invited ...
Invited Contributions from the Symposium held during the 7th International Clay Conference, Bologna and Pavia, Italy, 6-12 Sept. 1981.
J. J. Fripiat, 1982
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The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils and Weathered Rocks: ...
These are the classical accounts of clay mineral formation under the influence of surface water-rock interaction. They depend essentially on the ratio of water to rock or altering mineral during the reaction period. Clay minerals formed at the ...
Bruce B. Velde, Alain Meunier, 2008
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Clay Materials Used in Construction
This appendix presents data on the clay mineral, non-clay mineral and chemical composition of a small but varied collection (N= 105) of clay materials from the British Isles. This collection was assembled and analyzed during the writing of this ...
George M. Reeves, Ian Sims, J. C. Cripps, 2006
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Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices of Soil ...
According to the clay mineral concept, clay materials are essentially composed of extremely small crystalline particles of one or more members of a small group of minerals that are commonly known as clay minerals. These minerals are ...
V.N.S. Murthy, 2002
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The Nature and Tectonic Significance of Fault Zone Weakening
Clay mineral transformations and weakening mechanisms along the Alpine Fault, New Zealand LAURENCE N. WARR1 & SIMON COX2 1 0 Geologisch- Palaontologisches lnstitut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat, Heidelberg, INF 234, 69120, ...
Robert E. Holdsworth, 2001
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Clay Minerals and the Origin of Life
Adsorption during precipitation and desorption after precipitation bring the silica concentration of pore solutions to the correct value for clay mineral formation. The silica/ hydroxide ratio can be varied to some extent but a silica concentration of ...
Alexander Graham Cairns-Smith, H. Hartman, 1986
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Clays and clay minerals in natural and synthetic systems
Certainly, the available data are too fragmentary to allow one to follow all of the minor variations of clay mineral parageneses. These mineral relationships are difficult to comprehend largely because of the great variety possible. Clay mineral  ...
B. Velde, 1977

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLAY MINERAL»

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Identifying Swelling Clays with the D2 PHASER
Chlorites and micas are other phyllosilicate minerals of interest that are included in clay mineral analysis even though neither of them are ... «Azomining, Jun 15»
2
AMY DISMUKES: A Homegrown Tradition
If treatment is required, Kaolin, a soft, white, silicate clay mineral, can be combined with water and applied as a spray. The kaolin act as a ... «Brentwood Home Page, Jun 15»
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Attapulgite Market Segment Forecasts Up to 2020,Research Reports …
Attapulgite is a type of clay mineral that is found naturally and belongs to the family of minerals that includes fuller's earth. It exhibits typical ... «Digital Journal, Jun 15»
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Explore the bentonite market: global industry analysis and …
Bentoniteis a commercial name for clay mineral montomorillonitethat is formed by weathering of volcanic ash bed in the presence of water. «WhaTech, Jun 15»
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Global Bauxite Mining Market - Size, Share, Trends Analysis and …
Bauxite is a mixture of minerals such as gibbsite, boehmite and diaspore, iron oxides such as goethite and hematite, clay mineral kaolinite and ... «Digital Journal, Jun 15»
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Public Release: 27-May-2015 The Albian Gap, salt rock, and a …
Ana L. Rainoldi and colleagues focus on the diagenetic reactions involved during the alteration and in the role of clay mineral authigenesis as ... «EurekAlert, May 15»
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Chelsea shopping list: products we love at this year's show
The pots are pottery and the style is traditional French or Greek but the mottled finish of the clay mineral glaze (available in verdigris, Earth and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Ministry Issues First Licence for Mining Survey of Kaolin Sites to …
Kaolin, informally known as China clay, is a white, soft, plastic clay mineral which is used for paper filling and coating, ceramics paint, plastic ... «Addis Fortune, May 15»
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UW-Parkside student to present research work at Science Night
Kaolinite is a common clay mineral in soils that formed in warm, humid climates. Due to kaolinite's abundance in these soils, and its sorption ... «Journal Times, May 15»
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Chemistry Postdoc Uses Natural Soil Components to Trap Pollutants
If fractionation produces good results, the next step will be to determine the optimum humic acid fractionation combination for each clay mineral ... «Lab Manager Magazine, Mar 15»

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