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Aluminium oxide is used for its hardness and strength. Its naturally occurring form, corundum, is a 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness (just below diamond). It is widely used as an abrasive, including as a much less expensive substitute for industrial diamond. Many types of sandpaper use aluminium oxide crystals.
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Table of Refractive index; Wavelength(μm): n o: n e: 0.193: 1.92879: 1.91743 0.213: 1.88903: 1.87839 0.222: 1.8754: 1.86504 0.226: 1.87017: 1.85991 0.244: 1.85059: 1 ...
Corundum is a crystalline form of aluminium oxide (Al 2 O 3) typically containing traces of iron, titanium, vanadium, and chromium. [3] [4] It is a rock-forming mineral.It is a naturally transparent material, but can have different colors depending on the presence of transition metal impurities in its crystalline structure. [7]
It is commonly called white fused aluminum oxide and may also be called white corundum. The manufacture of white fused alumina is resulting in γ–Al 2 O 3 in industrial alumina powder being completely transformed to α–Al 2 O 3. White fused alumina is white particles or a white powder, and its microstructure is transparent crystal.
Aluminium forms one stable oxide with the chemical formula Al 2 O 3, commonly called alumina. [15] ... (Mohs hardness 9), has a high melting point of 2,045 °C ...
Aluminium(I) oxide (Al 2 O) Aluminium(II) oxide ( AlO ) (aluminium monoxide) Aluminium(III) oxide (aluminium oxide), ( Al 2 O 3 ), the most common form of aluminium oxide, occurring on the surface of aluminium and also in crystalline form as corundum , sapphire , and ruby .
Aluminium oxynitride (marketed under the name ALON by Surmet Corporation [3]) is a transparent ceramic composed of aluminium, oxygen and nitrogen. Aluminium oxynitride is optically transparent (≥80% for 2 mm thickness) in the near-ultraviolet , visible, and mid-wave- infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.