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

Derived forms: hydrated aluminum oxides

Type of: hydrated oxide, hydroxide

Part of: gibbsite