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Aluminium oxide (or aluminium(III) oxide) is a chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula Al 2 O 3. It is the most commonly occurring of several aluminium oxides, and specifically identified as aluminium oxide. It is commonly called alumina and may also be called aloxide, aloxite, or alundum in various forms and ...
Aluminium oxides or aluminum oxides are a group of inorganic compounds with formulas including aluminium (Al) and oxygen (O). Aluminium(I) oxide ( Al 2 O ) Aluminium(II) oxide ( AlO ) (aluminium monoxide)
Aluminium(II) oxide or aluminium monoxide is a compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula AlO. It has been detected in the gas phase after explosion of aluminized grenades in the upper atmosphere [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and in stellar absorption spectra.
Aluminium(I) oxide is a compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula Al 2 O. It can be prepared by heating the stable oxide Al 2 O 3 with elemental silicon at 1800 °C under vacuum .
Although an amphiprotic species must be amphoteric, the converse is not true. For example, a metal oxide such as zinc oxide, ZnO, contains no hydrogen and so cannot donate a proton. Nevertheless, it can act as an acid by reacting with the hydroxide ion, a base: ZnO + 2 OH − + H 2 O → [Zn(OH) 4] 2−. Zinc oxide can also act as a base:
For example, aluminium oxide Al 2 O 3 and phosphorus(III) oxide P 4 O 6 are sesquioxides. Many sesquioxides contain a metal in the +3 oxidation state and the oxide ion O 2−, e.g., aluminium oxide Al 2 O 3, lanthanum(III) oxide La 2 O 3 and iron(III) oxide Fe 2 O 3. Sesquioxides of iron and aluminium are found in soil.
Aluminium forms one stable oxide with the chemical formula Al 2 O 3, commonly called alumina. [15] It can be found in nature in the mineral corundum, α-alumina; [16] there is also a γ-alumina phase. [13]
The oxidation states are also maintained in articles of the elements (of course), and systematically in the table {{Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state}} See also [ edit ]