{"id":295,"date":"2020-04-18T22:02:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T22:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.awesomebiochar.com\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2020-04-18T22:02:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T22:02:15","slug":"diatomaceous-earth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alphathermal.com\/?page_id=295","title":{"rendered":"Diatomaceous Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Four main uses of diatomite can be found in the United States; these applications are listed as follows: Filter media (56%), cement additive (15%), fillers (14%), absorbents (13%), and other (2%). The properties of diatomite that make it useful in these filter media (56%), cement additive (15%) fillers (14%), absorbents (13%), and other (2%).<\/li><li>For most applications the ore is either calcined or flux calcined in a rotary kiln to agglomerate the diatoms and produce the desired grade. This is an energy intensive process. The ore is heated to temperatures in excess of 1800 F.&nbsp;80-90% silica, with 2-4% alumina (attributed mostly to clay minerals) and 0.5 to 2% iron oxide. There are a handful of rotary kiln operations in Lompoc, California and elsewhere to follow up.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four main uses of diatomite can be found in the United States; these applications are listed as follows: Filter media (56%), cement additive (15%), fillers (14%), absorbents (13%), and other (2%). The properties of diatomite that make it useful in these filter media (56%), cement additive (15%) fillers (14%), absorbents (13%), and other (2%). For &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphathermal.com\/?page_id=295\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Diatomaceous Earth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-295","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alphathermal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alphathermal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alphathermal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alphathermal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alphathermal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.alphathermal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/www.alphathermal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295\/revisions\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alphathermal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}