₁₃Al (Aluminum)

12H2O), and aluminum oxide (Al2O3). About 8.2% of the earth's crust is composed of aluminum. Scientists suspected than an unknown metal existed in alum as early as 1787, but they did not have a way to extract it until 1825. Hans Christian Oersted, a Danish chemist, was the first to produce tiny amounts of aluminum.

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Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13. It is a silvery-white, soft, nonmagnetic, ductile metal in the boron group.

Atomic Weight:   26.9815385

Density:   2.7 g/cm3

Melting Point:   660.32 °C

Boiling Point:   2519 °C

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