cryolite

Definitions


[ˈkrʌɪəlʌɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a white or colourless mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminium. It is added to bauxite as a flux in aluminium smelting


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Origin:
early 19th century: from cryo- ‘cold, frost’ (because the main deposits are found in Greenland) + -lite




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