Periodic Table
Symbol
Al
Group Number
13
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0
17
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Period Number
3
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2
7
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Block
p block
Element Family
Post-Transition
CAS Number
7429905
Rank: 92 (Overall)
7429905
54386242
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Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
Space Group Number
225.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
11
276
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Facts
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.
Sources
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining
History
Who Discovered
Hans Christian Oersted
Discovery
In 1825
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
0.01 %
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0
0.11
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Abundance In Sun
0.01 %
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0
0.1
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Abundance In Meteorites
0.91 %
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0
22
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
8.10 %
Rank: 1 (Overall)
1E-37
8.1
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Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0
1.1
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Abundance In Humans
0.00 %
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0
1.4
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Uses
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.
Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
Other Uses
Alloys, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues
Biological Properties
Toxicity
Non Toxic
Present in Human Body
✔
✘
68% - Post Transition Metals Metals have it !
In Blood
0.39 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 9 (Overall)
0
1970
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In Bone
27.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0
170000
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Physical
Melting Point
660.37 °C
Rank: 60 (Overall)
-38.83
3410
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Boiling Point
2,467.00 °C
Rank: 48 (Overall)
0
5660
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Appearance
Physical State
Solid
Color
Silvery Gray
Luster
Metallic
Hardness
Mohs Hardness
2.75
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0.2
8.5
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Brinell Hardness
160.00 MPa
Rank: 56 (Overall)
0.14
3490
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Vickers Hardness
160.00 MPa
Rank: 58 (Overall)
0
3920
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Speed of Sound
5,000.00 m/s
Rank: 14 (Overall)
818
16200
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Optical Properties
Refractive Index
1.61
Rank: 31 (Overall)
0.155
3.41
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Reflectivity
71.00 %
Rank: 12 (Overall)
5
97
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Allotropes
✔
✘
12% - Post Transition Metals Metals
α Allotropes
-
β Allotropes
-
γ Allotropes
-
Chemical
Chemical Formula
Al
Isotopes
Known Isotopes
11
Rank: 27 (Overall)
0
38
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Electronegativity
Pauling Electronegativity
1.61
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0
2.6
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Sanderson Electronegativity
1.71
Rank: 16 (Overall)
0.22
2.56
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Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.47
Rank: 15 (Overall)
0.86
1.9
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Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.83
Rank: 16 (Overall)
0.62
2.48
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Allen Electronegativity
1.61
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0.659
2.7
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Electropositivity
Pauling Electropositivity
2.39
Rank: 32 (Overall)
1.46
3.3
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Ionization Energies
1st Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 66 (Overall)
375.7
26130
👆🏻
2nd Energy Level
1,816.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 20 (Overall)
392.8
28750
👆🏻
3rd Energy Level
2,744.80 kJ/mol
Rank: 39 (Overall)
392.8
34230
👆🏻
4th Energy Level
11,577.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 3 (Overall)
375.7
37066
👆🏻
5th Energy Level
14,842.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
392
97510
👆🏻
6th Energy Level
18,379.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
1007
105800
👆🏻
7th Energy level
23,326.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
1007
114300
👆🏻
8th Energy Level
27,465.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
730
125300
👆🏻
9th Energy Level
31,853.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
1007
134700
👆🏻
10th Energy Level
38,473.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 4 (Overall)
392
144300
👆🏻
11th Energy Level
42,647.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 5 (Overall)
392
169988
👆🏻
12th Energy Level
5,770.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 66 (Overall)
0
189368
👆🏻
13th Energy Level
5,770.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 54 (Overall)
1007
76015
👆🏻
14th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 86 (Overall)
380
86450
👆🏻
15th Energy Level
57,700.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 55 (Overall)
33000
100700
👆🏻
16th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 81 (Overall)
375.7
109480
👆🏻
17th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 69 (Overall)
375.7
122200
👆🏻
18th Energy Level
5,775.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 57 (Overall)
0
134810
👆🏻
19th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 67 (Overall)
375.7
148700
👆🏻
20th Energy Level
577.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 61 (Overall)
0
171200
👆🏻
21st Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 72 (Overall)
375.7
179100
👆🏻
22nd Energy Level
577.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 56 (Overall)
330
184900
👆🏻
23rd Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 71 (Overall)
357.6
198800
👆🏻
24th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 58 (Overall)
297.3
195200
👆🏻
25th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 58 (Overall)
0
121900
👆🏻
26th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 65 (Overall)
357.6
127700
👆🏻
27th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 61 (Overall)
0
133800
👆🏻
28th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 65 (Overall)
297.3
139800
👆🏻
29th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 67 (Overall)
0
148100
👆🏻
30th Energy Level
577.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 62 (Overall)
0
154500
👆🏻
Electrochemical Equivalent
0.34 g/amp-hr
Rank: 76 (Overall)
0.16812
8.3209
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Electron Work Function
4.28 eV
Rank: 26 (Overall)
2.14
6
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Other Chemical Properties
Chemical Stability, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Atomic
Atomic Number
13
Rank: 88 (Overall)
3
117
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Electron Configuration
[Ne] 3s2 3p1
Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Crystal Lattice
Atom
Number of Protons
13
Rank: 87 (Overall)
3
117
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Number of Neutrons
14
Rank: 66 (Overall)
4
285
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Number of Electrons
13
Rank: 87 (Overall)
3
117
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Radius of an Atom
Atomic Radius
143.00 pm
Rank: 39 (Overall)
0
348
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Covalent Radius
121.00 pm
Rank: 56 (Overall)
0
260
👆🏻
Van der Waals Radius
184.00 pm
Rank: 41 (Overall)
0
348
👆🏻
Atomic Weight
26.98 amu
Rank: 82 (Overall)
6.94
294
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Atomic Volume
10.00 cm3/mol
Rank: 67 (Overall)
1.39
71.07
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Adjacent Atomic Numbers
Previous Element
Next Element
Valence Electron Potential
80.70 (-eV)
Rank: 17 (Overall)
0
392.42
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Lattice Constant
404.95 pm
Rank: 25 (Overall)
0
891.25
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Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
Lattice C/A Ratio
1.58
Rank: 34 (Overall)
0.423
1.9
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Mechanical
Density
Density At Room Temperature
2.70 g/cm3
Rank: 79 (Overall)
0.534
40.7
👆🏻
Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
2.38 g/cm3
Rank: 81 (Overall)
0.512
41
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Tensile Strength
40.00 MPa
Rank: 42 (Overall)
0.1
11000
👆🏻
Viscosity
0.00
Rank: 23 (Overall)
1.5E-05
0.0035
👆🏻
Vapor Pressure
Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0
121
👆🏻
Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 37 (Overall)
0
774
👆🏻
Elasticity properties
Shear Modulus
26.00 GPa
Rank: 36 (Overall)
1.3
222
👆🏻
Bulk Modulus
76.00 GPa
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0
462
👆🏻
Young's Modulus
70.00 GPa
Rank: 30 (Overall)
0
528
👆🏻
Poisson Ratio
0.35
Rank: 9 (Overall)
0.032
0.47
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Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Magnetic
Magnetic Characteristics
Specific Gravity
2.72
Rank: 78 (Overall)
0.53
4500
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Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Permeability
0.00 H/m
Rank: 18 (Overall)
1.25643E-06
0.0063
👆🏻
Susceptibility
0.00
Rank: 11 (Overall)
-0.000166
200000
👆🏻
Electrical Properties
Electrical Property
Conductor
Resistivity
28.20 nΩ·m
Rank: 50 (Overall)
0.1
961
👆🏻
Electrical Conductivity
0.38 106/cm Ω
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0
0.63
👆🏻
Electron Affinity
42.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 31 (Overall)
0
222.8
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Thermal
Specific Heat
0.90 J/(kg K)
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0.1
3.6
👆🏻
Molar Heat Capacity
24.20 J/mol·K
Rank: 62 (Overall)
13.1
62.7
👆🏻
Thermal Conductivity
237.00 W/m·K
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0
429
👆🏻
Critical Temperature
933.00 K
Rank: 62 (Overall)
26.3
3695
👆🏻
Thermal Expansion
23.10 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 18 (Overall)
4.5
97
👆🏻
Enthalpy
Enthalpy of Vaporization
293.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 49 (Overall)
7.32
799.1
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Fusion
10.67 kJ/mol
Rank: 41 (Overall)
2.1
35.23
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Atomization
322.20 kJ/mol
Rank: 41 (Overall)
61.5
837
👆🏻
Standard Molar Entropy
28.30 J/mol.K
Rank: 72 (Overall)
9.5
198.1
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