Lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) or expanded clay (exclay) is a lightweight aggregate made by heating clay to around 1,200 °C (2,190 °F) in a...

pumped into containers with plants in a growing medium such as Expanded clay aggregate At regular intervals, a simple timer causes a pump to fill the...

and in moist clay, they adhere to each other. The resulting aggregates give clay the cohesion that makes it plastic. In kaolinite clay, the bonding between...

of clay or concrete, but is usually larger than a brick. Lightweight bricks (also called lightweight blocks) are made from expanded clay aggregate. Fired...

alumina (also known as calcium aluminate) cements and other aggregates such as expanded shale, clay, and slate or sodium silicate to produce refractory/insulation...

manufactured from mineral aggregates. In addition, there are some (minor) materials that are used as specialty lightweight aggregates: clay, pumice, perlite,...

high-drainage substrate is placed on top of a false bottom or layer of expanded clay aggregate or stones, which retains humidity without saturating the substrate...

the ground substance in the human body are thixotropic, as is semen. Some clay deposits found in the process of exploring caves exhibit thixotropism: an...

rice hulls. Growstones appear to be a comparable alternative to expanded clay aggregate. Growstones are made in a variety of sizes from a large 1 to 2...

material's inherent thermal insulation characteristics, as are expanded clay aggregate blocks. Blocks come in modular sizes, with the most popular typically...