A1522

Aluminum oxide

Type WN-6, Neutral, Activity Grade Super I

• Synonym(s): Alumina
• Linear Formula: Al₂O₃
• CAS Number: 1344-28-1
• Molecular Weight: 101.96
• EC Number: 215-691-6
• MDL number: MFCD00003424
• UNSPSC Code: 12352311
• eCl@ss: 38120402
• PubChem Substance ID: 329770713
• NACRES: SB.52

Properties

• Quality Level: 200
• type: Type WN-6, Neutral
• form: powder
• mp: 2040 °C (lit.)
• SMILES string: O=[Al]O[Al]=O
• InChI: 1S/2Al.3O
• InChI key: TWNQGVIAIRXVLR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Aluminum oxide (alumina, Al₂O₃), a metal oxide, is a common raw material for manufacturing ceramics. It is a good electrical insulator that shows stability at high temperature and resistance to chemicals. Alumina is an important source for aluminum and can be prepared from high-alumina ladle furnace refining slag. It can enhance the reaction rate of aldose to ketose conversion by Lobry de Bruyn–Alberda van Ekenstein transformation. It is a key constituent of NO_x storage catalysts (NSC), which are employed to get rid of nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of lean burn engines. Its surface passivation characteristics on crystalline silicon makes it a vaiable candidate in silicon solar cell production.

Application

Aluminum oxide was used in the disposable alumina columns, to determine the adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity during the interaction of 2,3-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-substituted nucleoside 5-triphosphates (TNP-NTPs)with VC1:IIC2 (purified catalytic subunits of membranous AC). It may be used as a dopant to produce optical fiber amplifiers and high-power fiber lasers.

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 13 - Non Combustible Solids
• WGK: nwg
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable