Aluminium hydroxide oxide

Aluminium hydroxide oxide
Names
IUPAC name
Aluminium hydroxide oxide
Systematic IUPAC name
Hydroxidooxidoaluminium[1] (additive)
Other names
Metaaluminic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 246-368-8
463741
UNII
  • InChI=1S/Al.H2O.O/h;1H2;/q+1;;/p-1 checkY
    Key: FAHBNUUHRFUEAI-UHFFFAOYSA-M checkY
  • O[Al]=O
Properties
AlHO2
Molar mass 59.988 g·mol−1
Appearance White powder[2]
Odor Odorless[2]
Density 3.01 g/cm3
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Aluminium hydroxide oxide or aluminium oxyhydroxide, AlO(OH) is found as one of two well defined crystalline phases, which are also known as the minerals boehmite and diaspore. The minerals are important constituents of the aluminium ore, bauxite.[3]

  1. ^ "Hydroxidooxidoaluminium (CHEBI:30188)". Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI). UK: European Bioinformatics Institute.
  2. ^ a b "Aluminum oxide hydroxide". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  3. ^ Hudson, L. Keith; Misra, Chanakya; Perrotta, Anthony J.; Wefers, Karl; Williams, F. S. (2000). "Aluminum Oxide". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a01_557. ISBN 3527306730.