Aluminium hydroxide
noun
a white crystalline powder derived from bauxite and used in the manufacture of gl-ss and ceramics, aluminium and its salts, and in dyeing. formula: al(oh)3 or al2o3.3h2o
historical examples
supposing bauxite to be 90% aluminium hydroxide, what weight of it is necessary for the preparation of 100 kg.
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what hydroxides other than aluminium hydroxide have both acid and basic properties?
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it is a greenish substance which, like aluminium hydroxide, dissolves in alkalis, forming soluble salts.
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