Name:
Aluminum
Symbol:
Al
Atomic Number:
13
Atomic Mass:
26.9815
Atomic Volume:
10.0 cc/mol
Discovered By:
Wöhler
Discovery Date:
1827
Origin of Name:
Aluminum - (Latin) alumen, alum (alum, a compound of aluminum, AlKS
2
O
8
10H
2
O)
Toxicity:
Not toxic. Dust of finely dispersed aluminum is toxic. Compounds are not toxic.
Summary:
Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust (8.1%), but is not found in Nature as the free metal. Aluminum metal is coated with a thin film of aluminum oxide (Al
2
O
3
) which prevents further corrosion. Aluminum was very expensive before 1886 when a convenient method of obtaining aluminum metal from the ore was discovered. Aluminum is known as aluminium in countries other than the USA.
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| Li | Be | B | C | N | O | F | Ne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Na | Mg | Al | Si | P | S | Cl | Ar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K | Ca | Sc | Ti | V | Cr | Mn | Fe | Co | Ni | Cu | Zn | Ga | Ge | As | Se | Br | Kr | ||||||||||||||
| Rb | Sr | Y | Zr | Nb | Mo | Tc | Ru | Rh | Pd | Ag | Cd | In | Sn | Sb | Te | I | Xe | ||||||||||||||
| Cs | Ba | La | Ce | Pr | Nd | Pm | Sm | Eu | Gd | Tb | Dy | Ho | Er | Tm | Yb | Lu | Hf | Ta | W | Re | Os | Ir | Pt | Au | Hg | Tl | Pb | Bi | Po | At | Rn |
| Fr | Ra | Ac | Th | Pa | U | Np | Pu | Am | Cm | Bk | Cf | Es | Fm | Md | No | Lr |
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