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Noun: aluminum oxide  u'loo-mu-num 'ók,sId
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: aluminium oxide)
  1. 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