bauxite

[ bawk-sahyt, boh-zahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a rock consisting of aluminum oxides and hydroxides with various impurities: the principal ore of aluminum.

bauxite

/ ˈbɔːksaɪt /

a white, red, yellow, or brown amorphous claylike substance comprising aluminium oxides and hydroxides, often with such impurities as iron oxides. It is the chief ore of aluminium. General formula: Al 2 O 3 . n H 2 O

bauxite

/ bôk′sīt′ /

A soft, whitish to reddish-brown rock consisting mainly of hydrous aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides along with silica, silt, iron hydroxides, and clay minerals. Bauxite forms from the breakdown of clays and is a major source of aluminum.

Origin of bauxite¹

1860–65; named after Les Baux, near Arles in S France; -ite ¹

Origin of bauxite¹

C19: from French, from ( Les ) Baux in southern France, where it was originally found

In the case of medical PPE, those useful chemicals include ethylene, propylene, propane, butane, bauxite, gasline, and sulfur.

Locals described the flood of sludge, a byproduct from refining bauxite rock for industrial powder, as a “mini-tsunami.”

Bauxite or aluminum ore is mined in France, and 60 per cent.

Bauxite, hydrated alumina, is also used for the same purpose—that is, for the preparation of sulphate of alumina.

Alumina as a refractory material is chiefly used in the form of bauxite, but its applications are somewhat special.

Aluminum is now made from a mineral called "bauxite," found chiefly in Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas.

Bauxite is a rather mischievous mineral and sometimes acts as if it delighted in playing tricks upon managers of mines.

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