Aluminium hydroxide oxide

Aluminium hydroxide oxide
IUPAC name Aluminium hydroxide oxide
Systematic name Hydroxidooxidoaluminium (additive)
Other names Metaaluminic acid
Identifiers
CAS number	24623-77-6 Y
PubChem	32524
ChemSpider	30148 Y
EC number	246-368-8
ChEBI	CHEBI:30188 Y
Gmelin Reference	463741
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
SMILES O[Al]=O
InChI InChI=1S/Al.H2O.O/h;1H2;/q+1;;/p-1 Y Key: FAHBNUUHRFUEAI-UHFFFAOYSA-M Y
Properties
Molecular formula	HAlO2
Molar mass	59.99 g mol−1
Exact mass	59.979192717 g mol-1
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Aluminium hydroxide oxide or aluminium oxyhydroxide, AlO(OH) is found as one of two well defined crystalline phases, which are also known as the minerals boehmite and diaspore. The minerals are important constituents of the aluminium ore, bauxite.

List of related compounds and minerals

The aluminium oxides, oxide hydroxides, and hydroxides can be summarized as follows:

• aluminium oxides
  • corundum (Al₂O₃)

• aluminium oxide hydroxides
  • diaspore (α-AlO(OH))
  • boehmite or böhmite (γ-AlO(OH))
  • akdalaite (5Al₂O₃·H₂O) (once believed to be 4Al₂O₃·H₂O), also called tohdite

• aluminium hydroxides
  • gibbsite (often designated as γ-Al(OH)₃, but sometimes as α-Al(OH)₃ , sometimes called hydrargillite or hydrargyllite)
  • bayerite (designated often as α-Al(OH)₃ but sometimes as β-Al(OH)₃)
  • doyleite
  • nordstrandite