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Aluminum. Done by: Jonathan Hsieh Li-Chen. WHAT IS ALUMINUM?. It ’ s a metal Its Atomic number is 13 Its accurate weight is 26.9815386 Melting point is 660.323 degrees Celsius Boiling point is 2519 degrees Celsius Its mass is 2.70g/cm 3. Aluminum. Its Solid at room temperature
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Aluminum Done by: Jonathan Hsieh Li-Chen
WHAT IS ALUMINUM? • It’s a metal • Its Atomic number is 13 • Its accurate weight is 26.9815386 • Melting point is 660.323 degrees Celsius • Boiling point is 2519 degrees Celsius • Its mass is 2.70g/cm3
Aluminum • Its Solid at room temperature • Period number is 3 • Group number is 13
Aluminum • Aluminum is actually very soft and lightweight • Most aluminum found on earth are mostly a compound like potassium aluminum sulfate and aluminum oxide • 8.2% of the earth crust is composed of aluminum
Uses of aluminum • Aluminum foil • Also used for building airplanes • Street lighting pools • Aluminum is also 100% recyclable
Reactivity • Aluminum is a metal covered with a thin layer of oxide so it protects it from the air • When burning aluminum in oxygen it will produce a bright white flame which form the trioxide aluminum Al2O3 • Al also dissolve in dilute sulfuric acids
Reference • Aluminium. (n.d.). WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements. Retrieved February 9, 2014, from http://www.webelements.com/aluminium/ • Aluminium. (2014, August 2). Wikipedia. Retrieved February 9, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium • The Element Aluminum. (n.d.). It's Elemental -. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele013.html • What is the reactivity of Aluminum?. (n.d.). Yahoo! Answers. Retrieved February 11, 2014, from http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100103191307AAaFCx4