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Al

Aluminum

26.982

Basic Metal
Solid

Discovery

Oersted, Hans Christian (1825)

Etymology

Latin

Meaning

Alum (literally: bitter salt)

Electron configuration

Electron configuration

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Face-centered cubic

Physical Properties

Phase

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

Solid

Melting point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

660.0 °C

933.15 K

Boiling point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

2467.0 °C

2740.15 K

Density

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

2.70 g/cm3

Electronegativity

1.61