2024-03-14
bentonite-KAOLIN CLAY
Kaolin, or “China clay,” is an essential ingredient in the manufacture of fine china and porcelain. It has also been widely used in the making of paper, rubber, paint, and heat-resistant products. Fine chinaware is, of course, associated with the nation that first refined the process, and the name kaolin arises from the Chinese for Kau-ling (“high ridge”) - the designation for a hill in China where the earliest pure clay samples were obtained by a Jesuit missionary about 1700.