Celite

Bag of Celite diatomaceous earth

Description

[Celite Corp., NY] A registered trademark for Diatomaceous earth. Celite is used as a Sorbent, paint additive, inert Filler, and Flatting agent.

Resources and Citations

• World Minerals: Website

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 267

• Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

• Reed Kay, The Painter's Guide To Studio Methods and Materials, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983

• Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993