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| | FULLER'S EARTH Basic information |
| | FULLER'S EARTH Chemical Properties |
| form | Powder/Solid | | color | Light Yellow | | Merck | 13,4305 | | Dielectric constant | 1.8（Ambient） | | Stability: | Stable. Incompatible with acids. | | EPA Substance Registry System | Fuller's earth (8031-18-3) |
| | FULLER'S EARTH Usage And Synthesis |
| Description | Clay is a large class of naturally occurring minerals and consists of hydrated aluminum silicates. A major component of fuller’s earth is attapulgite, a hydrated aluminum-magensium silicate [(MgAl)5Si8O 22(OH)4-4H2O].
Fuller’s earth was reported in the 1987 NAS survey of food additives. Three million pounds was reported used as a separation/filtration aid and another 3 million reported used as a clarifying/flocculating agent.D150
. | | Chemical Properties | beige, grey or brown powder or granules | | Uses | Decolorizing of oils and other liquids, oil-well drilling muds, insecticide carrier, floor-sweeping compounds, cosmetics, rubber filler, carrier for catalysts, filtering medium. | | Definition | A porous colloidal aluminum silicate (clay) that has high natural adsorptive power. Gray to yellow color, noncombustible. |
| | FULLER'S EARTH Preparation Products And Raw materials |
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