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aluminium silicates

aluminium silicates is the plural of aluminium silicate.

Meaning of aluminium silicate

Noun

aluminium silicate (plural aluminium silicates)

  1. A chemical compound composed of aluminium, silicon and oxygen, chemical formula Al₂SiO₅, found in minerals and clays in several forms and used commercially as food additive E559 as an anticaking agent.
    • One of the most famous diagrams in geology is a profoundly simple one that shows the different conditions required to grow one of three mineral varieties of aluminium silicate.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 176

Questions about aluminium silicates

What is aluminium silicates the plural of?
Aluminium silicates is the plural of aluminium silicate.

Words near aluminium silicates in the dictionary

  1. aluminium oxide
  2. aluminium paper
  3. aluminium shower
  4. aluminium showers
  5. aluminium silicate
  6. aluminium silicates
  7. aluminium-26
  8. aluminium-27
  9. aluminiums
  10. aluminiumware
  11. aluminization

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