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Aluminum Oxide

Definition: Aluminum Oxide

Aluminum Oxide

Noun

1. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Specialty Definitions: Aluminum Oxide

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Chemistry

The oxide of aluminum produced in ceramic form and used as a substrate for hybrid integrated circuits and power transistors. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

Al2O3. An oxide of aluminum, occurring in nature as various minerals such as bauxite, corundum, etc. It is used as an adsorbent, desiccating agent, and catalyst, and in the manufacture of dental cements and refractories. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Aluminum Oxide

Synonyms: alumina (n), aluminium oxide (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Aluminum Oxide

English words defined with "aluminum oxide": alumina, aluminium oxidehydrated aluminum oxidespinel. (references)
Specialty definitions using "aluminum oxide": activated alumina, Air Abrasion, Dental, aluminous abrasive, ANODIZER, available aluminabauxite pneumoconiosisCONTROL OPERATORfused aluminapot puncher, POT TENDER, POT-ROOM SUPERVISORSawyear-Kjellgren process, Scholl's methodthermit process, thermite, traffic markswhite-metal corrosion proofer. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Aluminum Oxide

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References

  • The World Market for Alumina (Aluminum Oxide) Excluding Artificial Corundum: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Abrasives to Aluminum Oxide, Volume A1, Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 5th Edition (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Consumer Goods

  • Delta 31-063 1" x 30" 100 Grit Aluminum Oxide Sanding Belt (3-pack) (reference)

  • Delta 31-348 8" 120 Grit Aluminum Oxide Self-Adhesive Sanding Disc (2-pack) (reference)

  • Delta 31-373 1" x 42" 120 Grit Aluminum Oxide Sanding Belts (5-Pack) (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Aluminum Oxide

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Economic History

Cameroon

Imports--$.56 million: crude oil, vehicle, pharmaceuticals, aluminum oxide, rubber, foodstuffs and grains, agricultural inputs, lubricants, and used clothing. (references)

Tajikistan

Partners--Europe 43%, Russia 30%, Uzbekistan 13%, Asia 12%, other CIS 2% (1997). Imports--$839 million (2000.): electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Aluminum Oxide

Expression using "aluminum oxide": hydrated aluminum oxide. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Aluminum Oxide

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  aluminum oxide

103

  aluminum oxide crystal

5

  aluminum oxide properties

2

  alumina aluminum oxide

2
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Modern Translations: Aluminum Oxide

Language Translations for "aluminum oxide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

aluminiumoxyd (alumina, aluminium oxide). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

aluminiumoxide (alumina, aluminium oxide), aluinaard (alumina, aluminium oxide). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

aluminiumoksidi (alumina, aluminium oxide), alumiinioksidi (alumina, aluminium oxide). (various references)

   

French

  

alumine (alumina, aluminium oxide). (various references)

   

German

  

Tonerde (alumina, aluminate, aluminium oxide, clay). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Οξείδιο του αργιλλίου (alumina, aluminium oxide), αλουμίνα (alumina, aluminium oxide), οξείδιο αργιλίου, οξείδιο του αργιλίου (alumina, aluminium oxide). (various references)

   

Italian

  

allumina (alumina, aluminium oxide). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aluminumay oxideay

   

Portuguese

  

alumina (alumina, aluminium oxide). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alúmina (alum, alum earth, alumina, aluminium oxide). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

aluminiumoxid (alumina, aluminium oxide), aluminium (A1, alumina, aluminium, aluminium oxide, aluminum, CI pigment metal, E173). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Aluminum Oxide

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-l-m-m-n-o-u-u-x"

-4 letters: aluminium.

-5 letters: aluminum, dominium, exonumia, melanoid.

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Alternative Orthography: Aluminum Oxide


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6C 75 6D 69 6E 75 6D      4F 78 69 64 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101100 01110101 01101101 01101001 01101110 01110101 01101101 00100000 01001111 01111000 01101001 01100100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#108 &#117 &#109 &#105 &#110 &#117 &#109 &#32 &#79 &#120 &#105 &#100 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006C 0075 006D 0069 006E 0075 006D      004F 0078 0069 0064 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357887797580877924990757071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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