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Kieselguhr vs Diatomite - What's the difference?

kieselguhr | diatomite | Synonyms |

Kieselguhr is a synonym of diatomite.


As nouns the difference between kieselguhr and diatomite

is that kieselguhr is a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite while diatomite is (geology) a fine, powdery earth formed from the skeletons of diatoms.

kieselguhr

English

(wikipedia kieselguhr)

Noun

  • A kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 191:
    • It was the only name anybody seemed to know him by, “Kieselguhr ” being a kind of fine clay, used to soak up nitroglycerine and stabilize it into dynamite.
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    diatomite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A fine, powdery earth formed from the skeletons of diatoms

    • Synonyms

    *diatomaceous earth *kieselguhr