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Pumice is generally used in dentisty as an abrasive in tooth polishing to remove calculi and tartar from teeth. It's also used in podiatry as an abrasive to remove calluses.
Basically, it's a light weight and easy to find abrasive since it's made from volcanic rock.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoPumice rocks can be used for
- scrubbing heels it can rub pretty hard and it softens the heel up
- can be used for polishing sculptures you breack it down and then use it to polish
- last it is used as a ladscape stone
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∙ 9y agoPumice rock is a stone that is formed from cooled and hardened lava. It is used for construction purposes, as natural exfoliant in facial and body scrubs, or a piece of stone can be used to scrub off dead skin cells. Pumice is also added to to soap to remove stains, grease, or dirt.
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What igneous rock is used for soil mixes?
pumice...i think
Name the Only rock that flows?
If you mean the only rock that floats, than it would be pumice, which is often used to remove hard skin.
Is pumice used in handcleaner?
The brand of hand soap called "Lava" is alleged to contain pumice. Lava soap really does have pumice in it.
If the porous lava rock gravel was placed in water what would happen?
Pumice is a porous rock that can float on water. It's density is less tham 1g per cm.
What does magma with high silica content form?
When it cools and crystallizes into rock, the rock will be described as felsic igneous rock. Examples of felsic igneous rocks are granite, rhyolite, and pumice.
Is a pumice rock a rock or a mineral?
Pumice is an extrusive igneous rock, not a mineral.
What rock is used for cleaning and polishing?
PUmice
Is pumice a volcanic rock used for smoothing and scouring?
Yes
What type of rock is used for cleaning and polishing?
(pumice) ?i think?
What igneous rock is used for soil mixes?
pumice...i think
What kind of igneous rock is used for cleaning?
Pumice stone can be used for cleaning.
What metamorphic rock can float?
Pumice.
What type of rock is pumice?
It is an igneous (volcanic rock).
Does pumice rock turn into granite after its process?
no pumice rock does not turn into granite.
What are the types of atoms in a pumice rock?
The types of atoms in a pumice rock are igneous
Is pumice partially melted or not?
Pumice is a solid material; it is not melted although it used to be melted rock when it was originally formed by a volcano.
What type of igneous rock is used for cleaning and polishing?
(pumice) ?i think?
