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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

Al

1.2 Group Number

13
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Gadolinium Metal
0 17

1.3 Period Number

3
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Lithium Metal
2 7

1.4 Block

p block

1.5 Element Family

Post-​Transition

1.6 CAS Number

7429905
Rank: 92 (Overall)
Palladium
7429905 54386242

1.7 Space Group Name

Fm_ 3m

1.8 Space Group Number

225.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Plutonium Metal
11 229

2 Facts

2.1 Interesting Facts

  • Aluminum’s abundance percentage is more as it is found in more than 260 minerals.
  • Pure Aluminum always reacts with oxygen rapidly.
  • It is a good conductor of heat and electricity and used in transmission lines.

2.2 Sources

By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining

2.3 History

2.3.1 Who Discovered

Hans Christian Oersted

2.3.2 Discovery

In 1825

2.4 Abundance

2.4.1 Abundance In Universe

5 * 10-3 %
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Thallium Metal
5E-09 0.11

2.4.2 Abundance In Sun

~0.006 %
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Beryllium Metal
1E-08 0.1

2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites

0.91 %
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Gold Metal
1.7E-07 22

2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust

8.10 %
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Radium Metal
9.9E-12 8.1

2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans

0.00 %
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Protactinium Metal
2E-23 1.1

2.4.6 Abundance In Humans

0.00 %
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Radium Metal
1E-13 1.4

3 Uses

3.1 Uses & Benefits

  • Aluminum is used in a various products; for example, cans, foils, kitchen utensils, window frames, beer kegs and aero plane parts, automobile parts, etc.

3.1.1 Industrial Uses

Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

3.1.2 Medical Uses

Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing

3.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues

3.2 Biological Properties

3.2.1 Toxicity

Non Toxic

3.2.2 Present in Human Body

70% - Post Transition Metals Metals have it !

3.2.3 In Blood

0.39 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Plutonium Metal
0 1970

3.2.4 In Bone

27.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Plutonium Metal
0 170000

4 Physical

4.1 Melting Point

660.37 °C
Rank: 60 (Overall)
Francium Metal
27 3410

4.2 Boiling Point

2,467.00 °C
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Flerovium Metal
147 5660

4.3 Appearance

4.3.1 Physical State

Solid

4.3.2 Color

Silvery Gray

4.3.3 Luster

Metallic

4.4 Hardness

4.4.1 Mohs Hardness

2.75
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
0.2 8.5

4.4.2 Brinell Hardness

160.00 MPa
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
0.14 3490

4.4.3 Vickers Hardness

160.00 MPa
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Palladium Metal
121 3430

4.5 Speed of Sound

5,000.00 m/s
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Thallium Metal
818 16200

4.6 Optical Properties

4.6.1 Refractive Index

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury Metal
1.000933 1.7229

4.6.2 Reflectivity

71.00 %
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
58 97

4.7 Allotropes

20% - Post Transition Metals Metals have it !

4.7.1 α Allotropes

Not Available

4.7.2 β Allotropes

Not Available

4.7.3 γ Allotropes

Not Available

5 Chemical

5.1 Chemical Formula

Al

5.2 Isotopes

5.2.1 Known Isotopes

11
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Tennessine Metal
0 38

5.3 Electronegativity

5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity

1.61
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Francium Metal
0.7 2.54

5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity

1.71
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
0.22 2.56

5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.47
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
0.86 1.82

5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

1.83
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
0.62 2.48

5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity

1.61
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
0.659 2.7

5.4 Electropositivity

5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity

2.39
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Gold Metal
1.46 3.3

5.5 Ionization Energies

5.5.1 1st Energy Level

577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 66 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
375.7 26130

5.5.2 2nd Energy Level

1,816.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Ruthenium Metal
710.2162 28750

5.5.3 3rd Energy Level

2,744.80 kJ/mol
Rank: 38 (Overall)
Osmium Metal
1600 34230

5.5.4 4th Energy Level

11,577.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Thorium Metal
2780 37066

5.5.5 5th Energy Level

14,842.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Dubnium Metal
4305.2 97510

5.5.6 6th Energy Level

18,379.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Seaborgium Metal
5715.8 105800

5.5.7 7th Energy level

23,326.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bohrium Metal
7226.8 114300

5.5.8 8th Energy Level

27,465.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hassium Metal
8857.4 125300

5.5.9 9th Energy Level

31,853.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Yttrium Metal
14110 134700

5.5.10 10th Energy Level

38,473.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Strontium Metal
17100 144300

5.5.11 11th Energy Level

42,647.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Yttrium Metal
19900 169988

5.5.12 12th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
22219 189368

5.5.13 13th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
26930 76015

5.5.14 14th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
29196 86450

5.5.15 15th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Manganese Metal
41987 97510

5.5.16 16th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Iron Metal
47206 109480

5.5.17 17th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cobalt Metal
52737 122200

5.5.18 18th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Nickel Metal
58570 134810

5.5.19 19th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Copper Metal
64702 148700

5.5.20 20th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
80400 171200

5.5.21 21st Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
87000 179100

5.5.22 22nd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
93400 184900

5.5.23 23rd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
98420 198800

5.5.24 24th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
104400 195200

5.5.25 25th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
121900 121900

5.5.26 26th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
127700 127700

5.5.27 27th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
133800 133800

5.5.28 28th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
139800 139800

5.5.29 29th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
148100 148100

5.5.30 30th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum Metal
154500 154500

5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent

0.34 g/amp-hr
Rank: 72 (Overall)
Beryllium Metal
0.16812 8.3209

5.7 Electron Work Function

4.28 eV
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
2.14 5.65

5.8 Other Chemical Properties

Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes

6 Atomic

6.1 Atomic Number

13
Rank: 88 (Overall)
Lithium Metal
3 117

6.2 Electron Configuration

[Ne] 3s2 3p1

6.3 Crystal Structure

Face Centered Cubic (FCC)

6.3.1 Crystal Lattice

6.4 Atom

6.4.1 Number of Protons

13
Rank: 87 (Overall)
Lithium Metal
3 117

6.4.2 Number of Neutrons

14
Rank: 65 (Overall)
Lithium Metal
4 184

6.4.3 Number of Electrons

13
Rank: 87 (Overall)
Lithium Metal
3 117

6.5 Radius of an Atom

6.5.1 Atomic Radius

143.00 pm
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Beryllium Metal
112 265

6.5.2 Covalent Radius

121.00 pm
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Beryllium Metal
96 260

6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius

184.00 pm
Rank: 34 (Overall)
Zinc Metal
139 348

6.6 Atomic Weight

26.98 amu
Rank: 82 (Overall)
Lithium Metal
6.94 294

6.7 Atomic Volume

10.00 cm3/mol
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Manganese Metal
1.39 71.07

6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

6.8.1 Previous Element

6.8.2 Next Element

6.9 Valence Electron Potential

80.70 (-eV)
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Francium Metal
8 392.42

6.10 Lattice Constant

404.95 pm
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Beryllium Metal
228.58 891.25

6.11 Lattice Angles

π/2, π/2, π/2

6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Beryllium Metal
1.567 1.886

7 Mechanical

7.1 Density

7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

2.70 g/cm3
Rank: 74 (Overall)
Lithium Metal
0.534 40.7

7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

2.38 g/cm3
Rank: 52 (Overall)
Lithium Metal
0.512 20

7.2 Tensile Strength

40.00 MPa
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Indium Metal
2.5 11000

7.3 Viscosity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury Metal
0.001526 0.001526

7.4 Vapor Pressure

7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Cerium Metal
2.47E-11 121

7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Tungsten Metal
2.62E-10 774

7.5 Elasticity properties

7.5.1 Shear Modulus

26.00 GPa
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Potassium Metal
1.3 222

7.5.2 Bulk Modulus

76.00 GPa
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
1.6 462

7.5.3 Young's Modulus

70.00 GPa
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
1.7 528

7.6 Poisson Ratio

0.35
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Beryllium Metal
0.032 0.47

7.7 Other Mechanical Properties

Ductile, Malleable

8 Magnetic

8.1 Magnetic Characteristics

8.1.1 Specific Gravity

2.72
Rank: 62 (Overall)
Lithium Metal
0.53 4500

8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering

Paramagnetic

8.1.3 Permeability

0.00 H/m
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Bismuth Metal
1.25643E-06 0.0063

8.1.4 Susceptibility

0.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Bismuth Metal
-0.000166 200000

8.2 Electrical Properties

8.2.1 Electrical Property

Conductor

8.2.2 Resistivity

28.20 nΩ·m
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Thallium Metal
0.18 961

8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity

0.38 106/cm Ω
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Plutonium Metal
0.00666 0.63

8.2.4 Electron Affinity

42.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Mercury Metal
0 222.8

9 Thermal

9.1 Specific Heat

0.90 J/(kg K)
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Americium Metal
0.11 3.6

9.2 Molar Heat Capacity

24.20 J/mol·K
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Beryllium Metal
16.443 62.7

9.3 Thermal Conductivity

237.00 W/m·K
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Neptunium Metal
6.3 429

9.4 Critical Temperature

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Ytterbium Metal
26.3 3223

9.5 Thermal Expansion

23.10 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Tungsten Metal
4.5 97

9.6 Enthalpy

9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

293.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Zinc Metal
7.32 799.1

1.4.2 Enthalpy of Fusion

10.67 kJ/mol
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Cesium Metal
2.1 35.23

1.4.5 Enthalpy of Atomization

322.20 kJ/mol
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Mercury Metal
61.5 837

1.5 Standard Molar Entropy

28.30 J/mol.K
Rank: 55 (Overall)
Beryllium Metal
9.5 198.1