aluminum oxide

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The tiny, lightweight membranes — which are made of aluminum oxide and a layer of chromium — take advantage of a phenomenon known as photophoresis, which occurs when one side of a slice of thin material gets warmer than the other. Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2025 The actual products, primarily made of chromium, aluminum, and aluminum oxide, were incredibly light, weighing only a gram for a square meter of material. Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025 Ceramic stones Ceramic stones are sintered, which means aluminum oxide has been heated, compressed and bound with ceramic powder to create a hard sharpening stone that doesn’t require any form of lubrication. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 July 2025 Sapphire is a variety of the mineral corundum, which is composed almost entirely of aluminum oxide. David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for aluminum oxide

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1869, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of aluminum oxide was in 1869

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“Aluminum oxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aluminum%20oxide. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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