Common and Important Compounds

Hydrides:

Aluminum Hydride: AlH₃-

Use: As catalyst for polymerizations;reducing agent

Oxides:

Aluminum Oxide: Al₂O₃-

Use: Used as a abrasive for ceramic materials, electric insulators and resistors, dental cements, glass, steel, artifical gems, and in coating for metals.

Bromides:

Aluminum Bromide: [AlBr₃]₂-

Use: Used as an acid catalyst in organic syntheses.

_Fluorides:

_{Aluminum Fluoride:} AlF_3-

_{Use: Used in ceramics, as fluz in matallurgy, in aluminum manufacture, as inhibotor of fermentation, as catalyst in organic reactions.}

_Chlorides:

_{Aluminum Chloride:}[AlCl₃]_2-

_{Use: Used in cracking of petroleum, in manufacture of rubbers and lubicants.Also used in slaughter houses as a disinfectant and in deordants. I think that this is a very important compound for people around the world.}

_Iodides:

_{Aluminum Iodide:}[AlI₃]_2-

_{Used: Catalyst in organic reactions}

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