vermiculite

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The acid-treated (DVMT) vermiculite clay was then separated by filtering and washing thoroughly with distilled water until the pH of VMT becomes 7.0.

Plants cultivated in the T2 substrate had the smallest average shoot diameter (MSD) (8.1, not differing from vermiculite).

After the treatment with the auxin, the cuttings were planted with the leaf staying over the surface of the substrates soil (anthill ground) + organic compost--tanned bovine manure (18%), vermiculite with average particle size, carbonized rice hull and commercial substrate (Pinus bark and coconut fiber), disposed in polyethylene trays with cells of 200 [cm.sup.3] of volume each.

Plants were grown in different substrates: coconut shell fiber, phenolic foam and expanded vermiculite. The coconut shell fiber had apparent dry density of 150 kg [m.sup.-3].

You can also propagate some by breaking off a few scales and putting them in a clear plastic bag with some vermiculite. Store in the dark - your airing cupboard is ideal - and they should form little bulbs at their base which can be potted up.

Raven Thundersky, an advocate for people who suffered illness linked to vermiculite insulation, has died of mesothelioma cancer, which is associated with asbestos, said Raven-Dominique Gobeil, ThunderSky's daughter.

(2003) investigated the influence of HCl concentrations and leaching time on vermiculite to prepare porous silica with high surface area.

The EPA intends to keep asbestos-containing vermiculite in place, as the agency believes it to be of minimal risk with the ability to be safely managed.

Next month, the state will enact some important changes to the approved methods of testing for vermiculite which will continue to protect the public's health and safety and avoid costly testing.

First, "the insulation is vermiculite.'' However, there was no mention in writing or verbally of asbestos at all.

Vermiculite is most often a pedogenic clay mineral that can be formed by the transformation on weathering of illite or chlorite (Banfield and Murakami 1998; Bronger et al.

Vermiculite represents an interesting alternative to asbestos and to exfoliated graphite for high temperature sealing applications.