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aluminum silicate

aluminum silicate is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of aluminum silicate

pluralaluminum silicates

Questions about aluminum silicate

What is aluminum silicate the alternative spelling of?
Aluminum silicate is the alternative spelling of aluminium silicate.

Words near aluminum silicate in the dictionary

  1. aluminum hydroxide
  2. aluminum hydroxides
  3. aluminum oxide
  4. aluminum shower
  5. aluminum showers
  6. aluminum silicate
  7. aluminum silicates
  8. aluminum wool
  9. aluminum wools
  10. aluminumize
  11. aluminumized

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