He aha te whakamahinga o te kaolin? Ahakoa whakaponohia, ka taea te whakamahi i tēnei uku maha-mahi hei horoi ngawari, hei tango kiri ngawari, hei rongoā taiao mō te hakihaki, hei whakamama niho hoki – hei tāpiri atu ki te āwhina ki te rongoā i te mate korere, i ngā mate puku, me ētahi paitini.

He nui ngā kohuke me ngā kai hei whakamate i te paitini i roto, engari he ngawari ake, he iti ake te maroke i ērā atu uku.

Me titiro tātou he aha te kaolin/kaolin, te wāhi i kitea ai, me tōna whakamahinga i roto i ngā wāhi pēnei i te kiri, te makawe, me ngā niho.

He momo uku te kaolin, he mea hanga mai i te kaolin, he kohuke e kitea ana puta noa i te ao. I ētahi wā ka mōhiotia anō hoki ko te uku mā, ko te uku Hainamana rānei.

Nō hea te kaolin? He aha ngā painga o te kaolin?

I tapaina te kaolin i muri i tētahi maunga iti i Haina e kiia nei ko Gaoling, te wāhi i keria ai tēnei uku mō ngā rau tau. I ēnei rā, ka tangohia te kaolin mai i ngā rohe maha o te ao, tae atu ki ētahi wāhanga o Haina, o te Hononga o Amerika, o Brazil, o Pakitāne, o Bulgaria, me ētahi atu.
Ko te mea nui ka hangaia i roto i te oneone i hangaia e te pakarukaru o ngā toka i ngā āhuarangi wera me te makuku, pērā i te oneone i roto i ngā ngahere ua toropika.

He ngohengohe tēnei momo uku, he mā, he māwhero rānei te nuinga, he mea tito mai i ngā tioata kohuke ririki, tae atu ki te silica, te quartz, me te feldspar. Kei roto hoki i te taiao ngā kohuke pērā i te parahi, te selenium, te manganese, te konupora, me te konutea.

Heoi, kāore e kainga ana i te nuinga o te wā nā te mea he nui ngā kai totika kei roto – ka whakamahia hei rongoā i ngā mate puku, he maha ake rānei te wā ka pania ki te kiri.
Hei tāpiritanga, ka whakamahia hoki te kaolin me te kaolin pectin i roto i ngā oko uku me ngā uku, tae atu ki te hanga paraihe niho, ngā mea whakapaipai, ngā pūangi rama, ngā taputapu tēpu porcelain, te porcelain, ētahi momo pepa, te rapa, te peita, me te maha atu o ngā hua ahumahi.

He maha ngā momo me ngā tae o te kaolin hei whiriwhiri māu, tae atu ki:
Ahakoa he mā te nuinga o tēnei momo uku, nā te waikura o te rino me te waikura, ka puta pea te kaolinite ki te māwhero, karaka, whero. Ko te kaolin whero e tohu ana i te nui o te waikura rino e tata ana ki tōna kitenga. He tino pai tēnei momo mō te hunga e hiahia ana ki te ārai i ngā tohu o te koroheketanga.

I ahu mai te kaolin matomato i te uku kei roto ngā matū tipu. He nui hoki te waikura rino kei roto. Ko tēnei momo te mea maroke rawa, ā, he pai mō te hunga he kiri hakihaki, he kiri hinuhinu rānei. He aha ngā pānga o te kaolin ki te kiri? He aha ngā painga mō te hauora o te puku?

Anei ētahi painga pea o te whakamahi i tēnei uku:

1. He ngawari, kāore e whakapataritari ina pai mō te kiri tairongo

He pai te kaolin mō te nuinga o ngā momo kiri katoa, ā, e kiia ana ko tētahi o ngā uku ngawari rawa. Ka kitea i roto i ngā hua pēnei i te kopare kanohi me ngā paraihe, e āwhina ana ki te horoi me te tango i te cutin, ka waiho he kiri maeneene ake, he kiri ōrite ake.

Nā tōna ngawari, he mea horoi ngawari, he mea whakaora paitini hoki, he mea e tika ana mō te kiri tairongo.

He tino ātaahua hoki te uara pH o te kaolin, he tata ki te uara pH o te kiri tangata. Ko te tikanga, kāore e whakapataritari i te nuinga o te wā, ā, he hua pai mō te hunga he kiri tairongo, he kiri ngawari, he kiri maroke rānei.
Ka taea hoki e koe te pani i te kaolin ki ō makawe me tō tumuaki hei āwhina i te horoi me te whakaiti i te riri me te kore e whakamaroke i ō makawe. Waihoki, ka taea te whakamahi i roto i te waha hei āwhina i te horoi i ngā kapia me te whakama i ngā niho.

2. Ka taea te āwhina i te whakahaere i te hakihaki me ngā tohu o te mumura

E ai ki tētahi pūrongo o te tau 2010, kua whakamahia te uku māori hei rongoā i ngā mate kiri mai anō i ngā wā o mua. He āhuatanga patu huakita tūturu tō te uku, ā, ka taea e ia te patu i ngā momo mate pāwera tangata e puta ai ngā ponana me te hakihaki.

He aha te pai o te kaolin mō te hakihaki? Nā te mea ka taea e ia te mimiti i te hinu nui me te paru mai i te kiri, ka āwhina ki te horoi i ngā pore, te ārai i ngā pango me te hakihaki.

Kua kitea hoki e ētahi he pānga whakamarie tōna, ā, ka āwhina i te whakaiti i te whero me ngā tohu o te mumura.
Ka taea hoki te whakamahi hei tango i te kiri e pāngia ana e te hakihaki, me te kore e whakanui ake i te riri. Mā te whakamahi i te rua o ngā wā i te wiki hei tango kiri kiri, ka ngawari ake, ka māeneene ake, ka kanapa ake, ka iti ake te hinuhinu o te kiri.

3. Tērā pea ka āwhina i te whakaiti i ngā tohu o te koroheketanga

Mō te hunga e hiahia ana ki te ārai i ngā tohu koroheketanga, pērā i ngā raina angiangi me ngā kita, ka āwhina pea te kaolin ki te whakahaere me te whakakaha i te kiri.

He taunakitanga kei te whakaatu mai ka taea e ia te whakapai ake i te ngāwari me te pakari o te kiri, nā te mea ka taea e ia te tango i ngā pūtau kiri mate me te kiri maroke, pakarukaru. Ko te rino e kitea ana i roto i te kaolin, inā koa i roto i te momo whero, e whakaponohia ana ka āwhina i te whakangawari i te kiri me te ātete i te kino.

Ka taea hoki e ia te whakapai ake i te kiri whānui me te ōritetanga o te kiri mā te whakaiti i ngā ira pango, te whero, me ngā tohu o te riri i puta mai i ngā ngau a ngā pepeke, ngā ponana, me ngā aka paitini.

4. Tērā pea ka āwhina i te rongoā i ngā raruraru puku pērā i te mate korere me ngā mate puku

He wai te pectin kaolin i hangaia mai i ngā muka kaolin me te pectin, ka taea te whakamahi hei rongoā i te mate korere, i ngā mate puku, i ngā mate puku rānei i roto i te ara nakunaku. E whakaponohia ana ka mahi mā te kukume me te pupuri i ngā huakita ka puta ai te mate korere.

Ko ngā rongoā kaolin ahumahi e whakamahia whānuitia ana mō te rongoā i te mate korere ko te attapulgite me te bismuth basic salicylate (he matū hohe i roto i te Pepto Bismol). Ko ētahi atu waitohu e hokona ana i te Hononga o Amerika ko Kaodene NN, Kaolinpec, me Kapectolin.

Ko tētahi atu whakamahinga tuku iho o tēnei uku ko te whakamarie i te mamae o te puku. I ētahi wāhi o te ao, kua whakamahia te kaolinite e te tangata hei pehi i te hiahia kai me te tautoko i te tango paitini.