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Kieselsaures Tonerdebad

English translation: Kaolin bath

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German term or phrase:Kieselsaures Tonerdebad
English translation:Kaolin bath
Entered by: Jon Reynolds

15:14 Oct 31, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Kieselsaures Tonerdebad
Appears in a list of other baths available such as algae bath, mare's milk bath and herbal bath. Not much other context I'm afraid.
Jon Reynolds
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:37
Kaolin bath
Explanation:
it is the same as Kaolin or Kaolinerde in German.

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-10-31 15:25:46 GMT)
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Sorry I can't post any references just got called out. But Google can help really well if you look up Kaolin :-)

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-31 16:55:29 GMT)
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http://www.zeno.org/Lueger-1904/A/Feldspat
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Kerstin Green
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:37
Grading comment
thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Kaolin bath
Kerstin Green
4 +2bentonite clay bath
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
4pyrophyllite clay bath
Clive Phillips
4silicic acid diatomaceous earth bath
Holly Hart


  

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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bentonite clay bath


Explanation:
I'm pretty sure this is referring to bentonite clay, used as part of detoxifying treatments. Lots of references to it's healing properties - see two links.


    Reference: http://www.detoxbentoniteclaybaths.com/
    Reference: http://healingclay.com.au/onlineshop/index.php?main_page=pro...
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 14:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38

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agree  writeaway
5 mins
agree  Susanne Schiewe
4 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Kaolin bath


Explanation:
it is the same as Kaolin or Kaolinerde in German.

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-10-31 15:25:46 GMT)
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Sorry I can't post any references just got called out. But Google can help really well if you look up Kaolin :-)

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-31 16:55:29 GMT)
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http://www.zeno.org/Lueger-1904/A/Feldspat

Kerstin Green
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Monika Elisabeth Sieger
23 mins
  -> thanks
agree  RegineMac: Here's a reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaolin
59 mins
  -> thanks Regine
neutral  Lonnie Legg: Possibly. But worth closer checking (I'm no chemist) -- www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Kieselsaure Tonerde defines "kiesels. Tonerde" as Al2SiO5, whereas Wiki's formula for Kaolin is Al2Si2O5(OH)4.
4 hrs
agree  British Diana
15 hrs
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pyrophyllite clay bath


Explanation:
Pyrophyllite clay is high in amorphous silica. It forms mono and orthosilicic acids when brought in contact with water. Silicic acids are required to make minerals bioavailable to both plant and human. Bioavailable silica is required by the body to repair damaged tissues, bone, tendons and cartilage.


    Reference: http://www.pyroclay.com/claycomparisons.htm
Clive Phillips
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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silicic acid diatomaceous earth bath


Explanation:
Kieselsäure is 'silicic acid' in English. (Did you mean to have an umlaut in your query?) In any case, it is acidic.
I know Tonerde as 'diatomaceous earth' from living in Switzerland and using it to absorb greasy substances from fabric. It is a very fine ground powder of fossilized diatoms, small shelled algae-related organisms. It feels like finely ground clay but there are microscopic very sharp edges.
It can pierce and kill certain insects like fleas and cockroaches so it is often used for this. In the reference below, PurMinerals uses it in a bath product to achieve smooth skin, apparently due to the abrasive nature of the diatomaceous earth.
However, I cannot find any dictionaries that back me up on the translation of the terms. It's just something that is in my memory.


    Reference: http://www.purminerals.com/Pur-Polish-Body-Scrub-Exfoliator
Holly Hart
United States
Local time: 07:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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