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• List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines
  * [[Aluminium acetate|Aluminium diacetate]] * [[Aluminium hydroxide]]
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• Potassium chloride
  ...lotation process|flotation]] or [[electrostatic]] separation from suitable minerals. It is a by-product of the making of [[nitric acid]] from [[potassium nitra ...oride is used as a [[Flux (metallurgy)|flux]] for the [[gas welding]] of [[aluminium]].
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• Mercury (element)
  ===Mercury and aluminium=== ...ook |author =Vargel, C.; Jacques, M.; Schmidt, M. P.| title = Corrosion of Aluminium|year =2004| isbn = 20049780080444956|publisher = Elsevier |url=http://books
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• Ceramic materials
  ...als include clay minerals such as kaolinite, more recent materials include aluminium oxide, more commonly known as alumina. The modern ceramic materials, which ...that under the right manufacturing conditions, some ceramics, especially [[aluminium oxide]] (alumina), could be made [[translucent]]. These translucent materia
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• Friedel's salt
  Calcium aluminium chlorohydrate <br /> Calcium aluminium chlorohydroxide <br />
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• Gemstone
  ...considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard, but some soft minerals are used in jewelry because of their [[Lustre (mineralogy)|lustre]] or othe ...sition]]. For example, diamonds are made of [[carbon]] (C) and rubies of [[aluminium]] oxide (Al₂O₃). Next, many gems are crystals which a
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• Metallurgy
  ...ronment are conducive to [[In-situ leaching|leaching]]. Leaching dissolves minerals in an ore body and results in an enriched solution. The solution is collect Common engineering [[metal]]s include [[aluminium]], [[chromium]], [[copper]], [[iron]], [[magnesium]], [[nickel]], [[titaniu
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• Toxic metal
  ...]ous soluble compounds and have no biological role, i.e. are not essential minerals, or are in the wrong form<ref>[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/TX.shtml ...ad]] or [[mercury poisoning]]. The exceptions to this are [[barium]] and [[aluminium]], which can be removed efficiently by the kidneys.
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• Perlite
  ...perty of greatly expanding when heated sufficiently. It is an [[industrial minerals|industrial mineral]] and a commercial product useful for its light weight a ! portion !! general usage<ref name="usgs"> http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/perlite/mcs-2008-perli.pdf</ref>
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• Vermiculite
  | formula = ([[Magnesium|Mg]][[Iron|Fe]],[[Aluminium|Al]])₃([[Aluminium|Al]],[[Silicon|Si]])₄[[Oxygen|O]]₁₀([[Hydroxyl|OH]])< *[[List of minerals]]
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• Steel
  ...(fool's gold).<ref>{{cite journal|last=F. Brookins|first=Theo|title=Common Minerals and Valuable Ores|journal=Birds and All Nature|volume=6|issue=4|publisher=A ...tle=2005 Minerals Handbook|date=February 2007|url=http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/recycle/recycmyb05.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=2008-06-15}}</r
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• Concrete
  ...d States Geographic Service]]|date=2007-06-01|url=http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/cement/index.html|accessdate=2008-01-16}}<!--Computed by tak ...calcium oxide|calcium]], [[silicon dioxide|silicon]] and [[aluminium oxide|aluminium]]. Portland cement and similar materials are made by heating [[limestone]]
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• Iron
  ...ed primarily for its structural strength. Pure iron is soft (softer than [[aluminium]]), but the material is significantly strengthened by addition of minute a ...flake off and expose fresh surfaces for corrosion. Iron oxide mixed with [[aluminium]] powder can be ignited to create a [[Thermite|thermite reaction]], used in
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• Manganese
  ...ate|free element]] in nature (often in combination with iron), and in many minerals. As a free element, manganese is a metal with important industrial metal al ...ting]]. Mn–Cr isotopic ratios reinforce the evidence from ²⁶[[Aluminium|Al]] and ¹⁰⁷[[Palladium|Pd]] for the early history of the [[sola
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• Arsenic
  ...y the grey form is important in a technical sense. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, mainly associated with sulfur and metals. Arsenic and its compounds are m ...of arsenic, each with a different structure, are found free in nature (the minerals arsenic ''[[sensu stricto]]'' and the much rarer arsenolamprite and pararse
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• Chromium
  ...rn Africa.<ref name="USGS2002CR">{{cite web|url = http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/chromium/mcs-2009-chrom.pdf|publisher = United States Geolog ...anganese|Mn]]-Cr isotope ratios reinforce the evidence from ²⁶[[Aluminium|Al]] and ¹⁰⁷[[Palladium|Pd]] for the early history of the [[sola
  51 KB (7,299 words) - 20:34, 20 September 2010
• Cadmium
  ...an be reached by dissolving cadmium in a mixture of cadmium chloride and [[aluminium chloride]], forming the Cd₂²⁺ cation, which is simila ...]] ''καδμεία'' meaning "[[calamine]]", a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the Greek mythological character, Κάδμος [[Cad
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• Beryllium
  ...element, beryllium is found naturally only combined with other elements in minerals. Notable gemstones which contain beryllium include [[beryl]] ([[Aquamarine ...olated with the Aid of Potassium and Sodium: Beryllium, Boron, Silicon and Aluminium |isbn = 0-7661-3872-0}}</ref>
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• Oxyanion
  ...re tetrahedral. Tetrahedral SiO₄ units are found in [[olivine]] minerals, [Mg,Fe]SiO₄, but the anion does not have a separate existence a The formation of most [[silicate]] minerals can be viewed as the result of a de-condensation reaction in which [[silica
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• Sulfuric acid
  Sulfuric acid is formed naturally by the oxidation of sulfide minerals, such as iron sulfide. The resulting water can be highly acidic and is cal ...the dissolution of minerals from the acid-neutralization reaction with the minerals.
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