Perlite vs Pearlite - What's the difference?
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(mineralogy) An amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian.
The lightweight insulating material and aggregate resulting from expanding perlite glass by heat.
*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=4 A two-phased lamellar structure composed of alternating layers of alpha ferrite and cementite that occurs in some steels and cast irons, having a pearlescent appearance.
(mineral)
* 1835 , British Association for the Advancement of Science
As nouns the difference between perlite and pearlite
is that perlite is an amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian while pearlite is a two-phased lamellar structure composed of alternating layers of alpha ferrite and cementite that occurs in some steels and cast irons, having a pearlescent appearance.perlite
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(wikipedia perlite) (en noun)citation, passage=Technical terms like ferrite, perlite , graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}
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* * ----pearlite
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(wikipedia pearlite)- inclosing great masses of pearlite and felspar.