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kaolin

clay rich in kaolinite
Class type of: clay, mixture, medication Q908663

Facts

14 properties
Award received
Rock of the Year[5]
Subclass of
clay, mixture, medication, claystone
Associated hazard
kaolin exposure[25]
Chemical formula
Al₂H₄O₉Si₂[8]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14][15][16]
Has effect
kaolin exposure[17]
Has part(s)
kaolinite, muscovite, quartz, feldspar, anatase[9][10][11][12][13]
Made from material
kaolinite, silicate mineral[6][7]
Mass
+257.902[19]
NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
0364[18]
P14541
24KOby
Subject has role
antidiarrhoeal[24]
Time-weighted average exposure limit
15 (5–15, n=3)[21][22][23]
Vapor pressure
+0[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gaoling tu en porcelain clay en paper clay en lithomarge en lithomarga en kaolinite clay en Kao-ling tu en kao-ling-tu en kao-ling-t'u en kao-ling en kaolin en kao-lin en brick clay en china clay en gaoling en gaolingtu ar كاولين cs Kaolinitické jíly cs Kaolín de Weiße Erde
🔖 Identifiers · 65
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85071542
GND ID
4163230-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
KaolinUSGOV.jpg ↗
AHECC 2017 ID
25070000
ATC code
A07BC02
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300010445
BNCF Thesaurus ID
31551
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
porzellanerde, kaolin
CAMEO Chemicals ID
25036
CAS Registry Number
1332-58-7
ChEBI ID
140503
ChemSpider ID
21241417
Show all 65 identifiers +53
CosIng number
34795
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID6049640
Dewey Decimal Classification
553.61
DrugBank ID
DB01575
EC number
310-194-1
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.100.108
Encyclopaedia Beliana ID
kaolin
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
536788
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/kaolin
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/121bw211
Great Aragonese Encyclopedia ID
3107
Great Encyclopedia of Navarre ID
6393
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
china_clay, kaolin
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2042690
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
kaolin-63a5df
HSDB ID
630
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
1920548028
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XM7CN8
ICSC ID
1144
MeSH descriptor ID
D007616
MeSH tree code
D01.056.050.075.350, D01.578.725.025.350, D01.650.550.050.075.350, D01.837.725.700.760.050.400
Mindat mineral ID
49391, 5702
Museum-digital tag ID
5997
NALT ID
26736
NDF-RT ID
N0000146736
NE.se ID
kaolin
NL CR AUT ID
ph121435
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/D801834B-AC3F-40E0-8FB1-8208EA0B8F4F
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007540791205171
New Georgia Encyclopedia ID
business-economy/kaolin
OSHA Occupational Chemical Database ID
233
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3905822
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtB8FNASjQrB
PM20 ware ID
143064
PSH ID
4708
PesticideInfo chemical ID
PRI3786
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
29990
PubChem CID
92024769
Quora topic ID
Kaolin-Clay
RTECS number
GF1670500
RxNorm CUI
6102
SVKKL authority ID
0411545-kaolin
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
ceramica/1010275, materias/1000466
Topic's main category
Category:Kaolin
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
467853
UMLS CUI
C0022499, C0205813
UNII
24H4NWX5CO
UniChem compound ID
24476300
Vikidia article ID
fr:Kaolin
Wellcome Collection concept ID
egbm64gf
YSO ID
19098
Yale LUX ID
concept/d627f2fd-2868-41f3-882e-9eb1f499dbf9
ZVG number
82150

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 5
quartz, feldspar, kaolinite, muscovite, anatase
← Made from material 4
porcelain, bone china, Рagodite, Chinese export porcelain
Made from material 2
kaolinite, silicate mineral
Subclass of 2
clay, mixture
Described by source 1
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Named after 1
Kaolinovo
← Product or material produced 1
Maaden
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Summary

kaolin is a type of clay[1], mixture[2], medication[3], and claystone[4].

Body

Influence

Things named for kaolin include Kaolinovo[26], a municipality seat[27], in Bulgaria[28].

Why It Matters

Entities named for kaolin include Kaolinovo[26], a municipality seat[27], in Bulgaria[28].

FAQs

What awards did kaolin receive?

Honors received include Rock of the Year[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . geoberuf.de. geoberuf.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . ChEBI. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . ChEBI. wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . ChEBI. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . ChEBI. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . ChEBI. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Wostr · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: type of chemical entity"
  2. 7d ago · Riggus · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → KaolinUSGOV.jpg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Kütahya City Museum 9116.jpg"
  3. 7d ago · Riggus · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Rock of the Year
    PACTOLS thesaurus ID → pcrtB8FNASjQrB
    Image → KaolinUSGOV.jpg
    Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID → china_clay, kaolin
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q12824373 */"
  4. 7d ago · Riggus · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → kaolinite, silicate mineral
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Made from material: kaolin"
  5. 7d ago · Riggus · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    UMLS CUI → C0022499, C0205813
    RTECS number → GF1670500
    MeSH descriptor ID → D007616
    MeSH tree code → D01.056.050.075.350, D01.578.725.025.350, D01.650.550.050.075.350 +1
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q20817222 */"
  6. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZVG number → 82150
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ ZVG number: 82150, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P679]]"
  7. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZVG number → 82150
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ ZVG number: 082150, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  8. 9w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    New Georgia Encyclopedia ID → business-economy/kaolin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ New Georgia Encyclopedia ID: business-economy/kaolin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/40403514|Kaolin (#40403514)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1016|Ne"
  9. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 24KOby
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  10. 20w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0411545-kaolin
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0411545-kaolin, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  11. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → clay, mixture, medication +1
    Topic's main category → Category:Kaolin
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ YSO ID: 19098, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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