Definition von bauxite im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides
One of the ores from which alumina is extracted and from which aluminum is eventually smelted Bauxite usually contains at least 45 percent aluminum oxide (alumina), and the best grades have a low silica content About four pounds of bauxite is required to produce one pound of aluminum
An ore from which alumina is extracted and from which aluminum is eventually smelted Bauxite usually contains at least 45% alumina About four pounds of bauxite are required to product one pound of aluminum
Bauxite is a clay-like substance from which aluminium is obtained. a soft substance that aluminium is obtained from (Les Baux, place in southern France where it was found). Most important aluminum ore, of varying compositions in which aluminum hydroxide or aluminum oxide predominate (named for Les Baux in southern France, where the ore was identified in 1821). The other constituents are largely iron oxide, silica, and titania. Bauxite has been found in all the continents except Antarctica. Known deposits can supply the world with aluminum for hundreds of years at present production levels
A whitish, grayish, brown, yellow or reddish-brown rock composed of hydrous aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides and containing impurities such as free silica, silt, iron hydroxides, and clay minerals; the principle commercial source of aluminum