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bauxite
[ bawk-sahyt, boh-zahyt ]
noun
- a rock consisting of aluminum oxides and hydroxides with various impurities: the principal ore of aluminum.
bauxite
/ ˈɔːɪ /
noun
- 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
/ ô′ī′ /
- 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.
Other yvlog Forms
- ܳ·· [bawk-, sit, -ik, boh-, zit, -], adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bauxite1
Example Sentences
Along with gold, the country has resources of oil, gas, diamonds, bauxite and lithium among other things.
“The region has significant natural reserves of key critical minerals vital for clean energy technologies, including nickel, tin, rare-earth elements, and bauxite,” the report said.
Similar electrolytic techniques have been used for decades to extract aluminum from bauxite.
The first step in making aluminum is to mine a rock called bauxite, which is rich in aluminum oxide, also known as alumina.
Today the list of resources extracted from Borneo reads like a modern plunderer’s shopping list: timber, gold, diamonds, bauxite, coal, natural gas, and animals poached for the pet trade or traditional medicine.
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