aluminium silicate
English
editAlternative forms
edit- aluminum silicate (US)
Noun
editaluminium silicate (plural aluminium silicates)
- A chemical compound composed of aluminium, silicon and oxygen, chemical formula Al2SiO5, found in minerals and clays in several forms and used commercially as food additive E559 as an anti-caking agent.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 176:
- One of the most famous diagrams in geology is a profoundly simple one that shows the different conditions required to grow one of three mineral varieties of aluminium silicate.