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Definition of Aluminum hydroxide

1. Noun. White crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite.

Definition of Aluminum hydroxide

1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) (alternative spelling of aluminium hydroxide) ¹

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Medical Definition of Aluminum hydroxide

1. Hydrated aluminum. A compound with many biomedical applications: as a gastric antacid, an antiperspirant, in dentifrices, as an emulsifier, as an adjuvant in bacterins and vaccines, in water purification, etc. Pharmacological action: antacids, pharmaceutic aid. Chemical name: Aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3) (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aluminum Hydroxide

Literary usage of Aluminum hydroxide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"aluminum hydroxide is precipitated by acidifying the alkaline solution with ... The white gelatinous precipitate of aluminum hydroxide may be confirmed by ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"To prevent the adsorption of pink color by the precipitated aluminum hydroxide obscuring the end reaction, an addition of neutral potassium sodium tartrate ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1902)
"To prevent the adsorption of pink colour by the precipitated aluminum hydroxide obscuring the end-reaction, an addition of neutral potassium-sodium tartrate ..."

4. Second Year College Chemistry by William Henry Chapin (1922)
"This is still weaker as an acid than aluminum hydroxide. ... The acid aluminum hydroxide is usually written AIO(OH) or ..."

5. Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners by William Simon (1916)
"Some aluminum hydroxide is also made by boiling cryolite with milk of ... By treating the solution with carbon dioxide, aluminum hydroxide is precipitated. ..."

6. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"A compound consisting principally of aluminum hydroxide [Al(OH)j = 78.12! Condensed Recipe. White, bulky, amorphous powder; insoluble in water and ..."

7. General Chemistry by Hamilton Perkins Cady (1916)
"In the clarification of water the precipitated aluminum hydroxide attaches ... aluminum hydroxide is such a substance. The cloth to be dyed is first treated ..."

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