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A hydrate of alumina.

ALUMINATE
A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.
HYDRATED
Formed into a hydrate; combined with water.
ALUMINA
One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3. Note: It is the oxide of the metal aluminium, the base of aluminous salts, a constituent of a large part of the earthy siliceous minerals, as the feldspars, micas,
ALUMINATED
Combined with alumina.
HYDRATE
A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts. A substance which does not contain water as such, but has its constituents so arranged that water may
CARBOHYDRATE
One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose,
CRYOHYDRATE
A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water. F. Guthrie.
SULPHYDRATE
A compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt of sulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen sulphide in which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been
DEHYDRATE
To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol.