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Name of ore aluminum is found in

Q. I am stuck on a question. I need to find out what is the name of the ore which aluminum is found in.

Phoebe Halliwell
- Sydney
2002

Bauxite is the most widely used source of aluminum; there are several others. Check out this link: www.citycollegiate.com/aluminium1.htm

George Brackett III
- Utica, New York

You are stuck because you did not make much of an effort. Open up any encyclopedia, look for aluminum and you will have an answer that you can use for a reference. Nothing that you get from a chat room should be used as gospel unless you know the qualifications of the person that responded. Example, If I told you that iron comes from Taconite, it would be true, but only one of the sources.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida

Hello Phoebe!

In my book, it's somewhere between baumé and Bavarian...

Good luck!

Lee Gearhart
metallurgist - E. Aurora, New York

Hi Phoebe. Your mental tires must be bald today if you're stuck on that. I typed 'aluminum ore' into google and didn't even have to follow a single link! It says right in the abstracts of the first page hits: "The chief ore of aluminum is bauxite, a mixture of hydrated aluminum oxide (Al2O3·xH2O) and hydrated iron oxide (Fe2O3·xH2O)". Good luck.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

Ms. Halliwell,

"The principal current source is the mineral bauxite, from which aluminum oxide is extracted and prepared for the smelter by crushing, grinding, chemical processing, and calcination." ASMI Metals Handbook Desk Edition, 1985.

As an ASMI member I should point out that members can access a full online copy of the Desk Edition at the website, www.asm-intl.org, and can buy all the books there too.

Paul Tibbals, P.E.
gas & electric
San Ramon, California, USA
(My opinions are not related to nor a statement of my employer's)

Bauxite

Bill Reynolds [deceased]
consultant metallurgist - Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
We sadly relate the news that Bill passed away on Jan. 29, 2010.

The most common aluminium ore is bauxite. There are plenty of web pages describing the extractive metallurgy of aluminium for its ores.

Trevor Crichton
R&D practical scientist
Chesham, Bucks, UK

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