aluminum oxide

noun

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Empa Each three-dimensional three-armed star has a diameter of just 0.8 mm, and is currently made of aluminum oxide ceramic material (aka alumina). Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024 The first step was examining the beads’ levels of magnesium oxide (MgO) and ratio of MgO to aluminum oxide (Al2O3). Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024 Based on the Apollo samples, the researchers selected for beads that were high in magnesium oxide relative to calcium and aluminum oxides. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024 Elsewhere, researchers from the University of Southern California writing in Geophysical Research Letters estimate airborne aluminum oxide pollution caused by a growing number of incinerated satellites may possess the potential to damage the Earth’s ozone layer. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 8 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for aluminum oxide 

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First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of aluminum oxide was in 1869

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“Aluminum oxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aluminum%20oxide. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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