Plural of alumine; multiple instances of the oxide of aluminum or related historical chemistry terms.
Plural form of alumine, the older French-influenced term for alumina, used in historical chemistry texts from the 1700s and 1800s.
Searching old chemistry texts for 'alumines' reveals how scientific language evolved—chemists gradually replaced this French term with the Latin-based 'aluminas' for international consistency.
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