aluminate

noun

alu·​mi·​nate ə-ˈlü-mə-nət How to pronounce aluminate (audio)
: a compound of alumina with a metallic oxide

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While strontium aluminate can readily decompose in plants, posing harm to plant tissue, Liu said, the scientists developed a chemical coating for the material that acts as a protective barrier. Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025 The primary waste products are the results of the etching: sodium silicate and sodium aluminate. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024 Eons later, in 1739, Louis-Jacques Thénard discovered how to make cobalt aluminate, better known as cobalt blue. Sanjana Curtis, Scientific American, 4 July 2023 Separately, in research to be presented later this week, imec will show 300-mm compatible process optimizations steps to improve MoS2 transistor characteristic by including a gadolinium aluminate interlayer among other things. IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of aluminate was in 1814

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“Aluminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aluminate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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