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Elsewhere, researchers from the University of Southern California writing in Geophysical Research Letters estimate airborne aluminum oxide pollution caused by a growing number of incinerated satellites may possess the potential to damage the Earth’s ozone layer.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 8 Aug. 2024
All these spacecraft burning up could also delay the recovery of the ozone layer for decades, thanks to the buildup of aluminum oxide particles, or affect how that part of the atmosphere moderates climate change.
—Ramin Skibba, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2024
The coatings, known as passivation layers, are made from materials such as silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, and aluminum oxide.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2024
Conventional Josephson-junction materials, most notably aluminum oxide, didn’t scale down well.
—Anna Herr, IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
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First Known Use
1869, in the meaning defined above
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“Aluminum oxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aluminum%20oxide. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.
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