| P number: | P000035 |
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| Old photograph number: | C02175 |
| Caption: | Kieselguhr works at Black Moss, 2.4 km. north of Dinnet Station. Aberdeenshire. Kieselguhr (diatomite) calcining kiln. |
| Description: | Kieselguhr works at Black Moss, 2.4 km. north of Dinnet Station. Aberdeenshire. Kieselguhr (diatomite) calcining kiln. A close-up photograph of the kiln. Calcination was a process of heating to remove water and any other volatiles. After calcining the diatomite was greater than 87-95% silica, the residue being calcium oxide, aluminium oxide and alkalis (derived from feldspars). Almost all the diatomite went to the Ardeer explosive works in Ayrshire where it was used as a carrier or absorbent for nitroglycerine in dynamite manufacture. (Good diatomite will absorb four times its weight in water.) |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1917 |
| Photographer: | Lunn, R. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 346500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 801500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 194.12 KB; 1000 x 728 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Diatomite, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Diatomaceous earth |
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