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aluminium hydroxide

noun

  1. a white crystalline powder derived from bauxite and used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, aluminium and its salts, and in dyeing. Formula: Al(OH) 3 or Al 2 O 3 .3H 2 O


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Supposing bauxite to be 90% aluminium hydroxide, what weight of it is necessary for the preparation of 100 kg.

Aluminium sulphate can be prepared by the action of sulphuric acid upon aluminium hydroxide.

Write equations showing the methods used for preparing aluminium hydroxide and sulphate.

What hydroxides other than aluminium hydroxide have both acid and basic properties?

It is a greenish substance which, like aluminium hydroxide, dissolves in alkalis, forming soluble salts.

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