Definitions for cryolite

cryolite cry·o·lite

Spelling: [krahy-uh-lahyt]
IPA: /ˈkraɪ əˌlaɪt/

Cryolite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 313 anagrams from letters in cryolite (ceilorty).

Definitions for cryolite

noun

  1. a mineral, sodium aluminum fluoride, Na 3 AlF 6 , occurring in white masses, used as a flux in the electrolytic production of aluminum.

Origin of cryolite

First recorded in 1795-1805; cryo- + -lite

Examples for cryolite

Potassium borofluoride may be readily prepared from cryolite.

A mixture of equal parts of cryolite and barium chloride is very good in soldering bronze or aluminum alloys.

cryolite is used today to form a molten bath in which the bauxite is electrolytically reduced to aluminum.

Yes, this was the mining town famous the world over as containing the only cryolite mines so far discovered on the globe.

And now how many of my readers can tell me what cryolite is?

The cryolite is a rare mineral and the sole one which has become an article of trade in Greenland.

Aluminate of soda may likewise be procured from cryolite, as described under Alum.

He helped us to make our way to Ivignut, where the cryolite mines are, and thence we got back to England by way of Denmark.

cryolite in appearance resembles white quartz or ice, with a mixture of snow in it.

"There's a seam of cryolite in the Eastern Hills, according to the old maps," said Lake.

Word Value for cryolite
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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