aluminium

Summary

aluminium is a chemical element^[1]. aluminium ranks in the top 1% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,078 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• aluminium is credited with the discovery of Hans Christian Ørsted^[3].
• aluminium is credited with the discovery of Humphry Davy^[4].
• aluminium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5].
• aluminium's instance of is recorded as metal^[6].
• aluminium's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[7].
• alum is named after aluminium^[8].
• aluminium is made of bauxite^[9].
• aluminium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Al]^[10].
• aluminium's element symbol is recorded as Al^[11].
• aluminium is a type of post-transition metal^[12].
• aluminium is a type of building material^[13].
• aluminium is a type of medication^[14].
• aluminium is a type of combustible powder^[15].
• aluminium is a type of simple substance^[16].
• aluminium is part of period 3^[17].
• aluminium is part of group 13^[18].
• aluminium is used for dye^[19].
• aluminium's Commons category is recorded as Aluminium^[20].
• aluminium's Unicode character is recorded as 鋁^[21].
• aluminium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1825^[22].
• aluminium's found in taxon is recorded as Isaria cicadae^[23].
• aluminium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aluminium^[24].
• aluminium's Commons gallery is recorded as Aluminium^[25].
• aluminium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+13'}^[26].
• aluminium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.61'}^[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[5], metal^[6], and lithophile^[7]. Recorded subclass of include post-transition metal^[12], building material^[13], medication^[14], combustible powder^[15], and simple substance^[16].

Origins

alum is named after aluminium^[8].

Use and Application

aluminium is used for dye^[19]. Part of include period 3^[17], a period^[28] and group 13^[18], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for aluminium include Silver Bridge^[30], a suspension bridge^[31], in United States^[32]; Tefal^[33], a Wikipedia overview article^[34], in France^[35], founded in 1956^[36]; sial^[37]; aluminite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; kalsilite^[40], a mineral species^[41]; aluminoceladonite^[42], a mineral species^[43]; cupalite^[44], a mineral species^[45]; and carmeltazite^[46], a mineral species^[47].

Why It Matters

aluminium ranks in the top 1% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,078 views/month).^[2] aluminium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] aluminium is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Entities named for aluminium include Silver Bridge^[30], a suspension bridge^[31], in United States^[32]; Tefal^[33], a Wikipedia overview article^[34], in France^[35], founded in 1956^[36]; sial^[37]; aluminite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; kalsilite^[40], a mineral species^[41]; and aluminoceladonite^[42], a mineral species^[43].