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nouna clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalysttype of:
Definition that contains bauxite
- hall United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
- al a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
- ga a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores
- aluminum a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
- aluminium a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
- gallium a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores
- atomic number 31 a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores
- gibbsite white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina
- bauxitic resembling or containing bauxite
- charles martin hall United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)