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Definition of Aluminium hydroxide

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

Definition of Aluminium hydroxide

1. Noun. (inorganic compound) The hydrated form of alumina, having the formula Al(OH)₃; it reacts with bases to form aluminates. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aluminium Hydroxide

Literary usage of Aluminium hydroxide

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"cipitation of aluminium hydroxide by reactions of ammonium nitrate with sodium aluminate and upon the electrolysis of aluminate solutions. ..."

2. Victor von Richter's Text-book of inorganic chemistry by Victor von Richter (1901)
"Gelatinous aluminium hydroxide possesses the property of precipitating ... On this is based the application of aluminium hydroxide as a mordant in dyeing. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"aluminium hydroxide, A1S(OH)0, separates as an almost colourless gelatinous precipitate on the addition of ... aluminium hydroxide also possesses marked ..."

4. The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis: With Special Consideration of by Julius Stieglitz (1911)
"aluminium hydroxide is too weak an acid to form a stable aluminate with so weak a base as ammonium hydroxide, when the latter is used only in slight excess ..."

5. The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis: With Special Consideration of by Julius Stieglitz (1911)
"aluminium hydroxide is too weak an acid to form a stable aluminate with so weak a base as ammonium hydroxide, when the latter is used only in slight excess ..."

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