What is fuller earth?

Question

What it is? where it is used?

Answer 1

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... Fuller's earth is any nonplastic clay or claylike material that can be used to decolorize, filter, and purify animal ... Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller%27s... ...

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Answer 2

whats that???

Answer 3

its a perfume (cologne)n and its used on the body to make people smell more natural (or like you've been bathing in a natural waterfall for you're whole life)

Answer 4

Its a chemical substance

Answer 5

A highly adsorbent claylike substance consisting of hydrated aluminum silicates, used predominantly in fulling woolen cloth, in talcum powders, as a filter, and as a catalyst.

In past centuries, fullers (whom we might now call dry cleaners) kneaded powdered fuller's earth into woollen garments to absorb lanolin and human body oils. When the fuller's earth was shaken out and the garment was "fulled" (fluffed), it was considered to be clean; this process is termed "fulling". Fuller's earth was also sold in pharmacies until recently for compressing pills and it is sometimes used by crane operators and their oilers to absorb grease and oil off the brake bands on the winches to make them function properly.

Fuller's earth is also used by military forces to clean soldiers who are contaminated with chemical weapons.

It also finds use in special effects when simulating explosions. Fine-grained fuller's earth makes a much larger plume than ordinary dirt, suggesting a larger explosion and allowing a smaller, safer charge to be used.

Important uses are in absorbents and filters. Because of this, fuller's earth is sometimes found in cat litter.

Hills, cliffs and slopes containing fuller's earth can be unstable, since this material can be thixotropic, when saturated by heavy rainfall.