Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, an impure concretionary carbonate of lime, usually occurring in nodules, in alluvial deposits, and especially in the older of these formations.
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Examples
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Limestones, called "kankar" in India, that contain 5 to 25 % of clay can produce a hydraulic lime, which hardens in the presence of water, like a cement.
Chapter 4 1988
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Although many suitable calcareous materials, such as chalk, marl, sea shale, kankar etc. can fulfil the requirements for cement manufacture, limestone serves as the principal source of the calcareous base, due to its vast availability compared with the other resources.
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In the cottage sector, kankar, a time-tested impure limestone is used to produce lime of reasonable quality.
Chapter 10 1989
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The fourth design, now under the control of ATDA (Appropriate Technology Development Association) of Lucknow, is designed to use both low-grade and variable raw materials, such as the marls and kankar deposits in the Ganges plain area of Uttar Predesh, where demand for cement is high but no cement-grade limestone is available.
Chapter 9 1985
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The nodular impure limestone, known generally by the name of _kankar_, contains sufficient clay to give it hydraulic characters when burnt, and much cement is thus manufactured.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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~ -- The alignment of good roads in the plains of the Panjáb is easy, and the deposits of calcareous nodules or _kankar_ often found near the surface furnish good metalling material.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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The varying composition of _kankar_ naturally results in a product of irregular character, and consequently cement so made can replace Portland cement only for certain purposes.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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Caliche is also known as hardpan, calcrete, kankar (in India), or duricrust.
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Caliche is also known as hardpan, calcrete, kankar (in India), or duricrust.
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Open house: 11 a. m.-1 p.m. Saturday, E.kankar Center of the Treasure Coast, 541 S.E. Central Parkway, Stuart; (772) 223-1188; eckankar. org.
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