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Aluminium silicate
Aluminium silicate (or aluminum silicate) is a name
commonly applied to chemical compounds which are derived Aluminium silicate
from aluminium oxide, Al2O3 and silicon dioxide, SiO2 which Identifiers
may be anhydrous or hydrated, naturally occurring as minerals CAS Number 12141-46-7 (http://w
or synthetic. Their chemical formulae are often expressed as
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xAl2O3·ySiO2·zH2O. It is known as E number E559.
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Examples ChemSpider 8488719 (http://ww

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Al2SiO5, (Al2O3·SiO2), which occurs naturally as the minerals hemical-Structure.84
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structures.
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Al2Si2O5(OH)4, (Al2O3·2SiO2·2H2O), which occurs naturally
as the mineral kaolinite and is also called aluminium silicate InfoCard echa.europa.eu/subs
dihydrate.[2] It is a fine white powder and is used as a filler in tance-information/-/s
paper and rubber and also used in paints.[2] ubstanceinfo/100.03
Al2Si2O7, (Al2O3·2SiO2), called metakaolinite, formed from 2.036)
kaolin by heating at 450 °C (842 °F).[2] E number E559 (acidity
Al6Si2O13, (3Al2O3·2SiO2), the mineral mullite, the only regulators, ...)
thermodynamically stable intermediate phase in the Al2O3- PubChem 10313254 (https://pu
SiO2 system at atmospheric pressure.[3] This also called '3:2 CID
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mullite' to distinguish it from 2Al2O3·SiO2, Al4SiO8 '2:1 gov/compound/1031
mullite'. 3254)
2Al2O3·SiO2, Al4SiO8 '2:1 mullite'.[3]
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Aluminium silicate is a type of fibrous material made of CompTox DTXSID2050451 (htt

aluminium oxide and silicon dioxide, (such materials are also Dashboard
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described in terms of % weight of alumina, Al2O3 and silica, SiO2.
Temperature resistance increases as the % alumina increases. InChI
These fibrous materials can be encountered as loose wool, InChI=1S/2Al.O3Si.2O/c;;1-4(2)3;;/q2*+1;-2;;
blanket, felt, paper or boards.[4]
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References
1. Whitney, D.L. (2002). "Coexisting andalusite, kyanite, and SMILES
sillimanite: Sequential formation of three Al2SiO5 polymorphs O=[Al]O[Si](=O)O[Al]=O

during progressive metamorphism near the triple point, Properties

Sivrihisar, Turkey". American Mineralogist. 87 (4): 405–416.
Chemical Al2SiO5
doi:10.2138/am-2002-0404 (https://doi.org/10.2138%2Fam-2
formula
002-0404).
2. Handbook of Inorganic Compounds, Dale L. Perry, Taylor & Molar mass 162.0456 g mol−1
Francis, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4398-1461-1 Except where otherwise noted, data
3. Ceramic and Glass Materials: Structure, Properties and are given for materials in their
Processing, James F. Shackelford, R. H. Doremus, Springer, standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F],
100 kPa).
2008, ISBN 978-0-387-73361-6
4. Concise Encyclopedia of Composite Materials, ed. Anthony verify (what is ?)
Kelly, MIT Press, 1989, ISBN 0-262-11145-4 Infobox references

External links
Media related to Aluminum silicates at Wikimedia Commons
Aluminum silicates (https://web.archive.org/web/20120202185
948/http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/applychem/
alsilicate.html) at the University of Waterloo, Canada Kyanite
Sillimanite

Andalusite

Phase diagram of Al2SiO5

(nesosilicates).[1]

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