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Definition of Aluminium oxide

1. Noun. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.

Definition of Aluminium oxide

1. Noun. (inorganic compound) The solid, Al₂O₃, commonly known as alumina; it occurs as bauxite, sapphire, ruby and other forms; it is used in the manufacture of ceramics ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aluminium Oxide

Literary usage of Aluminium oxide

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1. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"The oxide of aluminium, known as corundum, is very abundant, and the precious stones ruby and sapphire are aluminium oxide colored by a small amount of ..."

2. An Introduction to the Study of Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1886)
"Among the more important compounds of aluminium are aluminium oxide, A1,0,; ... aluminium oxide, A1,0,.—This compound occurs rarely in nature in the form of ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... containing aluminium oxide and sodium oxide in the molecular proportion of 6 to i, is next agitated for thirty-six hours with a small quantity of ..."

4. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Thomas Atkinson Lawson (1897)
"an analogy to aluminium oxide in the same way that lithium oxide is analogous to magnesium oxide.60 Owing to its rare occurrence in nature, to the absence ..."

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