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Noun: aluminum hydroxide  u'loo-mu-num hI'drók,sId
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: aluminium hydroxide)
  1. White crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
    - aluminium hydroxide [Brit], hydrated aluminum oxide [N. Amer], hydrated aluminium oxide [Brit]

Derived forms: aluminum hydroxides

Type of: hydrated oxide, hydroxide

Part of: gibbsite

Encyclopedia: Aluminum hydroxide