An old or variant term for alumina, the oxide of aluminum; also a historical chemistry term for the base-forming principle in aluminum compounds.
From French alumine, derived from Latin alumen (alum), used in 18th and 19th-century chemistry before 'alumina' became the standard English term.
The term 'alumine' shows how chemistry underwent a revolution in naming—as the field modernized in the 1800s, scientists standardized terms like 'alumina' to make communication across countries easier.
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