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Noun: aluminium hydroxide
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: aluminum hydroxide)
  1. White crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
    "aluminium hydroxide is often used as an antacid to treat heartburn";
    - aluminum hydroxide [N. Amer], hydrated aluminum oxide [N. Amer], hydrated aluminium oxide [Brit]

Derived forms: aluminium hydroxides

Type of: hydrated oxide, hydroxide

Part of: gibbsite

Encyclopedia: Aluminium hydroxide