Noun: aluminum oxide u'loo-mu-num 'ók,sId
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: aluminium oxide)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: aluminium oxide)
- Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum
"aluminum oxide is used in the production of aluminum metal";
- alumina, aluminium oxide [Brit]
Derived forms: aluminum oxides
Type of: corundum
Part of: furnace lining, refractory
Encyclopedia: Aluminum oxide