aluminum hydroxide

noun Chemistry.

a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, Al(OH)₃ or Al₂O₃⋅3H₂O, obtained chiefly from bauxite: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, and printing inks, in dyeing, and in medicine as an antacid and in the treatment of ulcers.

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Also called alumina trihydrate, aluminum hydrate, hydrated alumina.

Origin:
1870–75

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aluminum hydroxide
noun
white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite

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