ALUMINATE

n, A%l-u?/mi?n-at, Lat., aluminas. Fr., aluminate. Ger., Alumin at. It., alluminiato. Sp., alumina to, alumin i a to. A salt formed by the combination of alumina with a stronger base. The a’s have in general the constitution R’,Al,0, or R’Al,0,4 = AlgO + R’,O or R’O, and may be regarded as the salts of a supposititious aluminic acid. [B, 2, 3.]