Aluminium
- Aluminium is a relatively soft, durable, lightweight, ductile, and malleable metal with appearance ranging from silvery to dull grey, depending on the surface roughness. It is nonmagnetic and does not easily ignite.
- Aluminium and its alloys are vital to the aerospace industry and important in transportation and building industries, such as building facades and window frames.
- Aluminium is the most widely used non-ferrous metal.
Symbol | : | Al |
Melting point | : | 660.3 °C |
Electron configuration | : | [Ne] 3s2 3p1 |
Atomic number | : | 13 |
Atomic mass | : | 26.981539 ± 0.0000008 u |
Discoverer | : | Hans Christian Ørsted |
Chemical series | : | Metal, Post-transition metal, Period 3 element, Boron group, Metalloid, Heavy metal |