Why is this element important in everyday life?
Aluminum is important in everyday life because it is used in many items that we are familiar with. It is lightweight and strong therefore it is used in such things as aircraft parts, boats automobiles and other vehicle parts. Aluminum is commonly used in the towers that house high voltage wires. It is also used in cans that popular beverages are contained in.
Where is this element found in nature?
Underground
What are the properties of the element?.
General Characteristics =
Aluminum is a metal that is a silver color. It is lightweight and hard. Its alloys are found anywhere from golf clubs to highly advanced aircraft. It has a very low density and is not very reactive.
Atomic Symbol = Al
Period Number = 3
Group Number and Family Name =Group 13 which is also called "Transition Metals".
Atomic Number = 13
Atomic Mass =26.981539 u
Density =2.702 g/mL
Melting Point =660.37 degrees Celsius
Boiling Point =2467 degrees Celsius
Electron Configuration =Al=1s22s22p63s23p1
Shorthand Notation =Al=[Ne]-3s23p1
Common Reactions =It reacts with strong bases to form hydrogen gas and a salt. It reacts with dilute acids to form hydrogen gas and a salt. It reacts with halogens to form halides. It reacts with oxygen to form oxides.
Interesting Information =Aluminum is not very strong in its pure form. Often used in alloy form. Some common alloys of aluminum and their uses are magnese, copper, magnesium, zinc and magnesium, silicon, magnesium and silicon.
Who is aluminum ?
My element's name is Alversius L. Luminum. In his past life his friends called him Al for short. This bothered him so much that he decided to flee society and become a mountain hermit in the Alps. His friends didn't care. He lived inside a large hollowed-out tree, that he called Larry. Whenever he was hungry he threw large rocks at mountain goats and ate them. After years of living this way, he became lonely for a companion. The next day while hunting goats, he hit a mountain Yeti with a rock. They instantly fell in love. The Yeti's father was unhappy with the couple. Well, nine happy months later her litter to Al was born. His new father-in-law was so angry he cast an evil spell on Alversius that turned him into a metallic statue. The only way to break the spell was for Al to be carried to the top of Mount Thorium to see the evil god Wolmanifrius. Unfortunately for Al, no one felt like carrying a solid metal statue to the top of a mountain. His statue remained in his lair for one thousand years. Then a group of mountain climbers discovered him. They brought him to a group of scientists for study they said that he was made from a new element that had never been seen before. So they melted him for study and named him for the inscription on his base. They melted this statue down into a blob of molten metal. They studied poor Al and figured out all of his properties. Unfortunately for Al, the metal was sent to a refinery and he was accidentally made into an abundance of today's household appliances. Al was so angry that he swore revenge to the world by causing all appliances under his influence to constantly malfunction and give trouble to the people who use them.
