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Aluminium, ₁₃Al

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Aluminium
Pronunciation	aluminium: /ˌæl(j)ʊˈmɪniəm/ (AL-(y)uu-MIN-ee-əm) aluminum: /əˈluːmənəm/ (ə-LOO-mə-nəm)
Alternative name	Aluminum (U.S., Canada)
Appearance	Silvery gray metallic
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Al)
	26.9815384±0.0000003 26.982±0.001 (abridged)
Aluminium in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson B ↑ Al ↓ Ga magnesium ← aluminium → silicon
Atomic number (Z)	13
Group	group 13 (boron group)
Period	period 3
Block	p-block
Electron configuration	[Ne] 3s2 3p1
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 3
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	933.47 K ​(660.32 °C, ​1220.58 °F)
Boiling point	2743 K ​(2470 °C, ​4478 °F)
Density (at 20 °C)	2.699 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)	2.375 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	10.71 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	284 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	24.20 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 1482 1632 1817 2054 2364 2790
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	common: +3 −2, −1, 0, +1, +2
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 1.61
Ionization energies	1st: 577.5 kJ/mol 2nd: 1816.7 kJ/mol 3rd: 2744.8 kJ/mol (more)
Atomic radius	empirical: 143 pm
Covalent radius	121±4 pm
Van der Waals radius	184 pm
Color lines in a spectral range Spectral lines of aluminium
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	​face-centered cubic (fcc) (cF4)
Lattice constant	Face-centered cubic crystal structure for aluminium a = 404.93 pm (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansion	22.87×10−6/K (at 20 °C)
Thermal conductivity	237 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity	26.5 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic ordering	paramagnetic
Molar magnetic susceptibility	+16.5×10−6 cm3/mol
Young's modulus	70 GPa
Shear modulus	26 GPa
Bulk modulus	76 GPa
Speed of sound thin rod	(rolled) 5000 m/s (at r.t.)
Poisson ratio	0.35
Mohs hardness	2.75
Vickers hardness	160–350 MPa
Brinell hardness	160–550 MPa
CAS Number	7429-90-5
History
Naming	from alumine, obsolete name for alumina
Prediction	Antoine Lavoisier (1782)
Discovery	Hans Christian Ørsted (1824)
Named by	Humphry Davy (1812)
Isotopes of aluminium
Main isotopes Decay abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct 26Al trace 7.17×105 y β+84% 26Mg ε16% 26Mg γ – 27Al 100% stable

Al · Aluminium
Mg ← ibox Mg	iso 13 Al  [] IB-Al [] IBisos []	→ Si ibox Si
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Main isotopes of aluminium
Main isotopes Decay abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct 26Al trace 7.17×105 y β+84% 26Mg ε16% 26Mg γ – 27Al 100% stable

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