bauxite

bauxite
noun Etymology: French bauxite, from Les Baux, near Arles, France Date: 1861 an impure mixture of earthy hydrous aluminum oxides and hydroxides that is the principal source of aluminum • bauxitic adjective

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  • Bauxite — ou minerai d aluminium Bauxite (Hérault) avec des pisolites …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bauxite — is the most important aluminium ore. It consists largely of the minerals gibbsite Al(OH)3, boehmite γ AlO(OH), and diaspore α AlO(OH), together with the iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite and small amounts of anatase… …   Wikipedia

  • bauxite — [ boksit ] n. f. • 1847; des Baux de Provence ♦ Roche siliceuse alumineuse formée surtout d alumine, plus ou moins riche en oxydes de fer (bauxite rouge), en titane et en vanadium. La bauxite, principal minerai d aluminium. ● bauxite nom féminin… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Bauxite — Bauxite, AR U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 432 Housing Units (2000): 171 Land area (2000): 2.392685 sq. miles (6.197025 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.056432 sq. miles (0.146158 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.449117 sq. miles (6.343183 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Bauxite, AR — U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 432 Housing Units (2000): 171 Land area (2000): 2.392685 sq. miles (6.197025 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.056432 sq. miles (0.146158 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.449117 sq. miles (6.343183 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • bauxite — 1861, clayey mineral containing aluminum, from Fr. bauxite (1821), from Les Baux, near Soles, where it was first found. The place name is from Prov. Li Baus, lit. the precipices …   Etymology dictionary

  • Bauxite — Baux ite, Beauxite Beaux ite,n. [F., fr. Baux or Beaux, near Arles.] (Min.) A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is the most commonly used ore for the preparation of aluminum and alumina. It is also used for the lining of furnaces which are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bauxite — Bauxite. См. Боксит. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • bauxite — s. f. [Mineralogia] Hidróxido de alumínio, filão desse metal. (Serve para descorar e dessulfurar gorduras minerais. A América do Sul satisfaz um quinto do consumo mundial de bauxita.)   ‣ Etimologia: Baux, topônimo + ite   ♦ Grafia no Brasil:… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • bauxite — ► NOUN ▪ a clayey rock that is the chief ore of aluminium. ORIGIN from Les Baux, a village in SE France, where it was first found …   English terms dictionary

  • bauxite — [bôks′īt΄, bō′zīt΄] n. [Fr, after (Les) Baux, town near Arles, France] a soft, claylike sedimentary rock, mainly hydrous aluminum hydroxide, that is the chief ore of aluminum …   English World dictionary

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