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Noun: aluminium oxide
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: aluminum oxide)
  1. Any of various forms of aluminium oxide occurring naturally as corundum
    "aluminium oxide is used in the production of aluminium metal"; "aluminium oxide is used in the production of aluminium metal";
    - alumina, aluminum oxide [N. Amer]

Derived forms: aluminium oxides

Type of: corundum

Part of: furnace lining, refractory

Encyclopedia: Aluminium oxide