{"id":38337,"date":"2025-12-29T12:56:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/?p=38337"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:56:51","slug":"specialized-discussion-session-industrial-uses-of-kaolin-clays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/2025\/12\/29\/specialized-discussion-session-industrial-uses-of-kaolin-clays\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialized Discussion Session: Industrial Uses of Kaolin Clays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Center, in cooperation with the <strong>Planning and Follow-up Department \/ Sustainable Development Unit at the University Presidency<\/strong>, organized a specialized discussion session entitled:<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cIndustrial Uses of Kaolin Clays,\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\non <strong>Monday, December 29, 2025<\/strong>, presented by <strong>Prof. Dr. Qutaiba Tawfiq Al-Youzbeki<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During the session, the presenter highlighted the <strong>scientific and economic importance of kaolin deposits<\/strong>, explaining their significant role in supporting various industrial sectors due to their <strong>unique physical, chemical, and crystalline properties<\/strong>, which make them essential materials in many modern industrial applications.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Al-Youzbeki noted several key properties of kaolin clays, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Plasticity and moldability<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Durability and light weight<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>High thermal and electrical insulation efficiency<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Low extraction, processing, and manufacturing costs<\/strong> compared to other mineral materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These characteristics have contributed to the <strong>widespread use of kaolin across multiple industrial fields<\/strong>, and he emphasized that the <strong>optimal utilization of these natural resources<\/strong> supports <strong>industrial 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During the session, the presenter highlighted the scientific and economic importance of kaolin deposits, explaining their significant role in supporting various industrial sectors due to their unique physical, chemical, and crystalline properties, which make them essential materials in many modern industrial applications. Dr. Al-Youzbeki noted several key properties of kaolin clays, including: Plasticity and moldability Durability and light weight High <a href=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/2025\/12\/29\/specialized-discussion-session-industrial-uses-of-kaolin-clays\/\"> [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":38342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38343,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38337\/revisions\/38343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}