Bentonite

Definition: Bentonite

Bentonite

Noun

1. An absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash.

Specialty Definitions: Bentonite

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	A clay derived from volcanic ash. Source: European Union. (references)
Environment	A colloidal clay, expansible when moist, commonly used to provide a tight seal around a well casing. (references)
Food & Agriculture	A montmorillonite clay with colloidal properties used in fining wines. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	A colloidal, hydrated aluminum silicate that swells 12 times its dry size when added to water. (references)
Mining	A montmorillonite-type clay formed by the alteration of volcanic ash. It varies in composition and is usually highly colloidal and plastic. Swelling bentonite is so named because of its capacity to absorb large amounts of water accompanied by an enormous increase in volume. Occurs in thin deposits in the Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks of the Western United States. It is used for making refractory linings, water softening, decolorizing oils, thickening drilling muds, and preparing fine grouting fluids. As a mud flush, bentonite is used at a concentration of about 3 lb/ft3 (48.1 kg/m3 ) of water. Syn:Denver mud;volcanic clay. See also:clay. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Bentonite

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Bentonite is an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash that expands when wet and used to make slurry walls.

It can be used in cement, adhesives, and ceramic fillers. It is named after Benton Formation (at one time Fort Benton Formation) in eastern Wyoming's Rock Creek area.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bentonite."

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Crosswords: Bentonite

English words defined with "bentonite": bentonitic. (references)

Specialty definitions using "bentonite": alkali bentonite, alkali subbentonite, alkaline-earth bentonite, amargosite, Australian bentonite ♦ bentonitic clay ♦ chemical-clay grout, colloidal clay, colloidal mud ♦ gel cement ♦ K-bentonite ♦ magnesium bentonite ♦ PIGMENT PROCESSOR ♦ questal bentonite ♦ semi-synthetic sand, sodium bentonite, spanish earth ♦ waterless moulding sand, Wilkinite, Wyoming bentonite. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Bentonite

Domain	Title
Books	Bentonite in South Africa : an overview of supply and demand (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Bentonite

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Georgia	There are many high quality raw materials used in the chemical industry such as: barite, diatomite, agate, bentonite, clays, andezite, talcum, and calcite. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Bentonite

"Bentonite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bentonite" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	7	133,076

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bentonite

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bentonite	301	bentonite clay powder	3
bentonite clay	73	bentonite use	3
bentonite sodium	26	bentonite sodium texas	2
bentonite waterproofing	10	bentonite fs thirty waterproofing web	2
bentonite chip	6	bentonite msds	2
hydrated bentonite	5	bentonite grease	2
bentonite pellets	5	bentonite into surfactant	2
liquid bentonite	4	bentonite drilling fluid	2
bentonite slurry	4	bentonite waterstop	2
calcium bentonite	4	bentonite supplier	2
bentonite pond	4	bentonite clay cosmetic white	2
bentonite detox	4	wyoming bentonite	2
bentonite powder	4	bentonite psyllium	2
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Modern Translations: Bentonite

Language		Translations for "bentonite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		膨润土. (various references)

Danish		bentonit, E558. (various references)

Dutch		bentoniet, E558. (various references)

Finnish		bentoniitti. (various references)

French		bentonite, E558. (various references)

German		Bentonite, Bentonit (E558), E558 (E558). (various references)

Greek		μπεντονίτησ, μπεντονίτης (E558). (various references)

Hungarian		bentonit (fuller's earth). (various references)

Italian		bentonite (E558), E558 (E558). (various references)

Pig Latin		entonitebay

Portuguese		bentonite (E558), E558 (E558). (various references)

Spanish		bentonita (E558). (various references)

Swedish		bentonit. (various references)
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Derivations: Bentonite

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bentonite": bentonites. (additional references)
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Rhyming with "Bentonite"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "bentonite" (pronounced be"ntunī't)
4	-u n ī' t	ammonite, franklinite, limonite, monzonite, selenite, suburbanite, urbanite.
3	-n ī' t	finite, fortnight, lignite, midnight, unite.
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Anagrams: Bentonite

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-n-n-o-t-t"
	-2 letters: ebonite, tontine.
	-3 letters: bennet, bitten, bonnet, bonnie, intent, intone, tentie.
	-4 letters: benne, benni, beton, biont, boite, bonne, niton, nonet, tenet, tenon, tonne.
	-5 letters: been, beet, bene, bent, bine, bint, bite, bitt, bone, bott, ebon, into, nene, neon, nett, nine, nite, none, note, obit, teen, tent, tine, tint, toit, tone, tote.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-n-n-o-t-t"
	+1 letter: bentonites.
	+4 letters: bottlenecking, ethnobotanies, incontestable, obstinateness.
	+5 letters: pentobarbitone.
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