What is the easiest way to synthesize AlBO3?

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The easiest method to synthesize AlBO3 involves combining borax with a soluble aluminum salt to collect the precipitate, although this may yield only a crude approximation. For high-purity AlBO3, particularly suitable for electronics, high-temperature solid-state metathesis is typically required, though this process is more complex and not considered easy.
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What is the easiest way to synthesize AlBO3?

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How pure are we talking here? You could probably get a crude approximation by combining borax with a soluble aluminum salt and collecting the precipitate. Everything I've seen for electronics-quality AlBO3 has involved high-temperature solid state metathesis, which I'm not sure I'd call easy.
 
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