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k: See Permeability.
Kalrez
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: A brand name for a high-temperature seal.
Kaolinite: A clay type marked by platelet-like deposits in the authigenic
form. Usually not water sensitive but may have occasional loose attachment
to the host grain.
Karl Ziegler: Nobel Prize winning chemist (1898–1973) who did a vast
quantity of work on the catalysts allowing high-density poly(ethene) and
poly(propene) to be produced. Most of his work was done at the Max Planck
Institute for Coal Research in Müllheim, Germany, and had nothing to do
with coal, showing the economic benets of pure research.
Karst: A topography formed when grou