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🪨 A mineral compound 🧪 Containing aluminum and silicon
aluminosilicate

aluminosilicate

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A compound of aluminum, silicon, and oxygen used in glass and ceramics
  • noun
  • /əˌluːmɪnoʊˈsɪlɪkeɪt/
  • Specialized
: aluminosilicato
  • The glassmaker preferred aluminosilicate for its durability and resistance to thermal shock.
  • aluminosilicate gel

Examples

  • For chemically strengthened glass (soda lime and aluminosilicate), the advantages are derived mainly from their stiffness and hardness 11, 12.

    Academic text (1996)

  • This means that almost all calcium aluminate cement took part in geopolymerization reactions, forming the geopolymer aluminosilicate (N-A-S-H) network.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The most readily available used materials for the synthesis of GCs are fly ash, metakaolin, and natural aluminosilicate minerals.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Its major phase has a 94.7% fraction and aluminosilicate gel with a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of 4.1, while the other phase consists of aluminosilicate gel with a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of 7.4.

    Academic text (2017)

  • A new geopolymer phase is identified following the geopolymerization of Pt. Augusta, and it contains calcium-aluminosilicate gel with a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of 1.4, as a 6.7% fraction.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The aluminosilicate minerals are essential components in the production of high-strength ceramics.

  • Researchers studied the properties of aluminosilicate compounds for use in advanced materials.

Surface Forms

aluminosilicate singular
aluminosilicates plural

Morphology

aluminosilicate = silicate (transparent) = alumino + silicate

The noun names a compound formed by adding the productive chemical combining form 'alumino-' to 'silicate', a directly compositional formation in chemistry.

Etymology

Aluminosilicate is built from two parts: alumino-, from aluminum which is a light 'metal', and silicate, from silicon which is an element common in 'sand' together with oxygen. So, an aluminosilicate is a material made of aluminum, silicon and oxygen, which is why it appears in minerals and is used in strong ceramics and glass.