aluminosilicate

[ uh-loo-muh-noh-sil-uh-kit, -keyt ]

noun

1. any naturally occurring or synthetically produced aluminum silicate containing alkali-metal or alkaline-earth-metal ions, as a feldspar, zeolite, or beryl.

aluminosilicate

/ əˌluːmɪnəʊˈsɪlɪkɪt /

noun

1. a silicate in which some of the silicon in the tetrahedral unit SiO 4 has been replaced by aluminium

Word History and Origins

Origin of aluminosilicate¹

alumino- + silicate

Example Sentences

To develop their defect-free fibres, the NTU-led team selected pairs of common semiconductor material and synthetic material -- a silicon semiconductor core with a silica glass tube and a germanium core with an aluminosilicate glass tube.

From Science Daily

The internal layer is 0.5mm to 1.1mm thick and is made of aluminosilicate.

From The Verge

When Kresge and colleagues published their work, materials known as zeolites — crystalline aluminosilicate compounds with uniform pores usually less than 2 nm in diameter — had long been used as catalysts in petroleum refining and for molecular separations.

From Nature

Aluminosilicate can hold helium for 20,000 years.

From Science Magazine

When I came to Princeton in 1992 as a chemistry glassblower, I began working with a ghastly kind of glass called aluminosilicate, which is used for halogen lamps.

From Science Magazine