Definition of "aluminate" [a•lu•mi•nate]

• A chemical compound containing aluminum as part of a negative ion. (noun)

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• "They contain lithium-aluminate pellets lined with zirconium, and are clad into long pencil-shaped, stainless steel rods."
• "The BlackLight Process is suppose to use a catalyst that when heated up will drain the energy from hydrogen, but the presence of sodium aluminate residue in the "catalyst" leaves reasonable doubt that instead of getting the excess energy from lowering the orbit of the hydrogen electrons, instead it is from the burning of the aluminum in the Reney Nickel "catalyst.""
• "At higher ph values, higher rates of soluble aluminate ions form."