Aluminium

Aircraft Aluminium

History

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Uses

References

Emsley, J. (2014). Aluminium:elementsinformationpropertiesanduses:periodictable. Retrieved from www.rsc.org

* Group is 13 and in the Boron family*Chou-Chu was a 3rd military leader of China his tomb was 85% Aluminium. His tomb remains a mistery.* Aluminium was found in 1700s as Aluminium oxide defeated all atempts to extract.*Friedrich Wohler produced a method to heat aluminum chloride with sodium to make 100% pure aluminium.

Aluminium is important to me because I can use it for baking. I like going to different countries and aluminium is used for air planes to be light weight and strong.

* Aluminium is used as aircraft materials, kitchen utensils, decoration, baking* Non magnetic, second most malleable element, light weight and tough* Mostly mined in Guinea, Australia, Vietnam*Mostly produced by Australia, China, Brazil* Most abundent metal and fairly easily is recycled and does not rust.

Personal Applications

CriteriaAluminium AlAtomic number: 13Atomic mass: 27Protons: 13 Neutrons: 14Electrons: 13