Relating to or containing bentonite; possessing the properties or characteristics of bentonite clay.
From bentonite plus -ic, the adjectival suffix meaning 'of or relating to.' Standard scientific terminology for describing materials that contain or resemble bentonite.
Bentonitic soils create fascinating challenges for engineers—they swell when wet and shrink when dry so dramatically that they can crack building foundations, making them both useful and hazardous depending on the context!
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