Aluminium
[,ælju'miniәm]
Definition
(n.) The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al.
Typist: Tyler
Definition
n. the metallic base of alumina; a metal somewhat resembling silver and remarkable for its lightness now made from Bauxite.—Aluminium bronze an alloy lighter than gold but like it in colour.
Typist: Sharif
Examples
- This shell is a framework made up of aluminium trellis work, and divided into seventeen compartments, each having its own gas bag. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In addition Davy anticipated the isolation of silicon, aluminium, and zirconium. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The frame is further strengthened and the balloons stayed by a network of aluminium wire, and the entire frame covered with a soft ramie fibre. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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