Aluminium definition

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A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
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(physics) The only stable isotope of aluminium, 2713Al, having thirteen protons and fourteen neutrons.
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Origin of aluminium

  • First used in 1812 as an alternative form of aluminum which was invented in the same year., from Latin alumen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elud-.

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Aluminium Sentence Examples

  • If phosphoric acid is absent, aluminium, chromium and ferric hydrates are precipitated.

  • Next to aluminium, tin was found to be the most effective of the metals enumerated above.

  • His contributions to inorganic chemistry were numerous, including investigations on the compounds of antimony, aluminium, silicon, &c., on the separation of nickel and cobalt, and on the analysis of mineral waters, but they are outweighed in importance by his work on organic substances.

  • Aluminium, iron, platinum and many other metals may thus take up so much carbon as to become brittle and unforgeable.

  • Leather and rubber goods, gold, silver and aluminium wares, machinery, wall-paper, and stained glass are also among other of its staple products.

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