Talc
A hydrated magnesium silicate sheet mineral, the softest mineral on the Mohs scale, used as a filler and extender.
Also called talcum.
How it connects
Talc is a kind of Mineral.
Talc relates to Filler.
Other kinds of Mineral: Aluminium hydroxide, Barium sulfate, Calcium carbonate, Carbon black, Cementitious, Ceramic, Clay, Feldspar, Filler, Flame retardant additive, Glass, Gypsum, Jade, Mica, Mineral oxide, Mineral wool, Obsidian, Pigment, Plaster, Plasterboard, Sand, Silica, Silicon, Stone and Zinc sulfide.
In other taxonomies
- TalcCAS Registry Number, 14807-96-6the same thing
- talc (mineral)Getty AAT, 300011159nearly the same
- talcWikidata, Q134583nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Top of the axis
- Mineral26
26 terms, Ceramic to Aluminium hydroxide
Record
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/talcKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- related-toFillerincoming
- narrowerMineralincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderMineraloutgoing
- related-toFilleroutgoing
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Aluminium hydroxideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Barium sulfateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Calcium carbonateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Carbon blackoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cementitiousoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ceramicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Clayoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Feldsparoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Filleroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Flame retardant additiveoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Glassoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Gypsumoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Jadeoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Micaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mineral oxideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mineral wooloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Obsidianoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Pigmentoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasterboardoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Sandoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Silicaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Siliconoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Stoneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Zinc sulfideoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAS Registry Number | 14807-96-6 | Talc | the same thing |
| Getty AAT | 300011159 | talc (mineral) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q134583 | talc | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Talc via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/search?query=Talc&filter=status%3ACurrent | none |