† aluminiden.1
Mineralogy. Obsolete.
In the classification of Beudant: a mineral containing alumina as a main component.
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adamanteOE
adamantinec1225
adamant stonea1387
chrysocoll1590
chrysocolla1600
aloe1601
Scythian stone1608
diaspore1802
sideroclepte1814
allagite1823
spherulite1823
aluminide1826
rhodalite1836
aikinite1843
alvite1855
xanthitane1856
belonite1865
aenigmatite1868
opacite1875
viridite1879
neocyanite1882
sideronatrite1882
wittite1924
niggliite1936
anthonyite1963
perryite1965
KREEP1971
1826 Boston Jrnl. Philos. & Arts 3 72 (table) Aluminides.
1849 D. Varley Rudimentary Treat. Mineral. 136 Aluminides. The earth alumina occurs uncombined, and also as the mineralizing element of spinel, and some few other substances.
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aluminiden.2
/əˈl(j)uːmᵻnʌɪd/, U.S. /əˈluməˌnaɪd/ Chemistry.
A compound or (in early use) alloy of aluminium with another metal, esp. a more electropositive one.
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aluminium bronze1856
aluminide1859
aluminum bronze1860
minargent1869
aluminum brass1881
aluminium brass1886
romanium1897
magnalium1900
Duralumin1910
silumin1922
Alclad1927
dural1937
the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > aluminium > [noun] > compounds
argil1530
alumine1788
alumina1790
aluminide1859
aluminium oxide1868
aluminum oxide1869
aluminium hydroxide1871
aluminum hydroxide1878
thermite1900
1859 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. 41 752 The aluminide of copper will be the substitute for gold, and may be employed in tea and dinner services where white metal has usually been employed.
1869 W. Crookes & E. Röhrig Kerl's Pract. Treat. Metall. II. ii. 319 He [sc. Schafhäutl] considers silicide of iron and aluminide of iron as characteristic components of grey iron.
1920 Jrnl. Industr. & Engin. Chem. 12 652/2 This aluminide (Zr3Al4) may be prepared in impure condition directly from zirkite by fusing the ore with sodium fluoride and then adding the aluminum.
1967 Sci. News 91 583/1 Uranium aluminide has been finding increasing use as a fuel for test and research reactors.
2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. ix. 356 Nickel and iron aluminides have now been improved to the point where they are routinely used for a number of terrestrial applications, especially for components of furnaces.
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