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Definition of Cryolite
1. Noun. A white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine.
Definition of Cryolite
1. n. A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.
Definition of Cryolite
1. Noun. The mineral sodium aluminium fluoride (Na3AlF6). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cryolite
1. a mineral [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryolite
Literary usage of Cryolite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Nearly all the cryolite of commerce is obtained from a single locality at Ivigtut (or
... The cryolite occurs as a large deposit in gneiss, and contains ..."
2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Nearly all the cryolite of commerce is obtained from a single locality at Ivigtut (or
... The cryolite occurs as a large deposit in gneiss, and contains ..."
3. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1922)
"cryolite cryolite, a mineral of the composition ... The only commercial source
of cryolite is the deposit at Ivigtut, ..."
4. The Deposits of the Useful Minerals & Rocks: Their Origin, Form, and Content by Franz Heinrich August Beyschlag, Johan Herman Lie Vogt (1914)
"In the central portion of the mass, cryolite, mixed with quartz, siderite,
sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, and a little pyrite, predominates, ..."
5. Aluminium: Its History, Occurrence, Properties, Metallurgy and Applications by Joseph William Richards (1896)
"In this way the pure double fluoride can be separated from impure cryolite.
Berzelius recommended preparing artificial cryolite by decomposing aluminium ..."
6. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"I have reason to believe that a number of ascents will trips. W. DE FONVIELLE
ARCTIC GEOLOGY* II. cryolite of West Greenland Coast. ..."
7. Chemical Technology; Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to the Arts and by Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Henry Watts, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1865)
"After the extraction of aluminium from cryolite, the residuum consists of fluoride
... The pulverized cryolite is mixed with half its weight of common salt, ..."
8. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"Sulphate from cryolite: — The hydrated alumina obtained in the cryolite soda ...
Another method of utilizing cryolite depends on the following reactions ..."
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