aluminium silicate

noun

A chemical compound composed of aluminium, silicon and oxygen, chemical formula Al₂SiO₅, found in minerals and clays in several forms and used commercially as food additive E559 as an anticaking agent.

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nounaluminium silicate (plural aluminium silicates)

plural aluminium silicates · alternative aluminum silicate

  1. A chemical compound composed of aluminium, silicon and oxygen, chemical formula Al₂SiO₅, found in minerals and clays in several forms and used commercially as food additive E559 as an anticaking agent.

    One of the most famous diagrams in geology is a profoundly simple one that shows the different conditions required to grow one of three mineral varieties of aluminium silicate.

    2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 176
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