Aluminium

Located at Group 13 and Period 3 of the periodic table is the element that is used in soda cans. This is Aluminium.

First discovered and first isolated by Hans Christian Oersted in 1825.

Hans Christian

Hans Christian Oersted, a Danish chemist, was the first to produce tiny amounts of aluminum. Two years later, Friedrich Wöhler, a German chemist, developed a different way to obtain Aluminium. Aluminium's main source is Bauxite.

Atomic Number :13

Name : Aluminium

Latin Name : Alumen
Electrons per shell: [2, 8, 3]

Discoverer : Hans Christian Oersted (1825)

Isolator : Hans Christian Oersted (1825)

Element's : Atomic Mass : 26.981539 u

                  : Density : 2.7 g/cm³

                  : Type : Post-transition metal

Chemical Properties :                                                                   

• Occurs only as a compound
• Reacts with many hot acids
• Reacts quickly with hot water
• Reacts with sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide
• Combines slowly with oxygen to form aluminium oxide in moist air
• Bauxite is an aluminium ore
• isotopes : 3 of them are :

            Aluminium - 26 : Protons : 13                                      

                                       : Neutrons :13

                                       : Electrons:13

Aluminium - 27

             ( Half Life : 730 000 years )

            Aluminium - 27 : Protons : 13

                                       : Neutrons :14

                                       : Electrons:13

            ( Half Life : Gone in less than a blink of an eye)

            Aluminium - 28 : Protons : 13
                                       : Neutrons : 15
                                       : Electrons : 123      
            ( Half Life : 2.2414 minutes )

Physical Properties :

• Shiny
• Soft
• Silvery gray metallic
• Malleable
• Ductile
• When liquid (at Melting Point):2.375 g/cm3
• Melting point: 660.3 degrees Celsius ( 1220.54 Fahrenheit )
• Boiling point: 2470 degrees Celsius ( 4478 Fahrenheit )

How Aluminium got its name?

Aluminum got its name from the mineral alum, which got its name from the Greek word 'alumen' , meaning "bitter salt."

Health effects

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Uses

Aluminium is used in a huge variety of products including cans, foils, kitchen utensils, window frames, beer kegs and airplane parts.

Original Aluminium Can

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