aluminium silicate

English

Alternative forms

• aluminum silicate (US)

Noun

aluminium silicate (plural aluminium silicates)

1. A chemical compound composed of aluminium, silicon and oxygen, chemical formula Al₂SiO₅, found in minerals and clays in several forms and used commercially as food additive E559 as an anti-caking agent.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 176:

     One of the most famous diagrams in geology is a profoundly simple one that shows the different conditions required to grow one of three mineral varieties of aluminium silicate.

See also

• aluminosilicate