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Definition of Alundum
1. Noun. A substance made of fused alumina.
Definition of Alundum
1. Noun. alumina, especially a product made from fused alumina ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alundum
Literary usage of Alundum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1913)
"In chemical composition, alundum is similar to the ruby and sapphire, ...
alundum is not radically different in chemical composition from ..."
2. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"Carborundum is a suicide of carbon and is a product of the electric furnace; it
breaks with a sharp crystalline fracture. alundum is an ..."
3. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of by Ellery Bicknell Crane (1907)
"In addition to the large manufacturing plant at Barbers, the company operates a
factory at Niagara Falls for the manufacture of emery and alundum for ..."
4. The Electric Furnace: Its Evolution, Theory and Practice by Alfred Stansfield (1907)
"alundum.—This is an artificial corundum or emery made by fusing bauxite in an
electric furnace, and allowing it to cool slowly, thus forming ..."
5. Applied Electrochemistry and Metallurgy: A Practical Treatise on Commercial by Charles Frederick Burgess, Harry Bridgman Pulsifer, Benjamin B. Freud (1920)
"alundum. alundum is another electric furnace product which has a commercial value
... alundum is the trade name given to fused aluminum oxide. ..."
6. Abrasives & Abrasive Wheels, Their Nature, Manufacture and Use: A Complete by Frederic Burnham Jacobs (1919)
"... and chemical properties—Their commercial application—Methods and processes
employed in the production of artificial abrasives—Carborundum—alundum— ..."
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