Aluminum+ Elwood

**Element Name:** Aluminum

**Element Symbol:** Al

**Atomic Mass:** 27

**Atomic Number:** 13

**Protons:** 13

**Electrons**: 13

**Discovery:** Hans Christian Oersted in 1825

**How It Was Named:** From the Latin word Alum was the first one.

**State of Matter:** solid

**Melting Point**: 660.323°C

**Boiling Point:** 2519°C

**Characteristics:**
 * Silvery color
 * Light weight
 * malleable
 * nontoxic

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Uses of Element:** Used in aircrafts and rockets.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interesting Facts: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The top of the Washington monument is tipped with Aluminium.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aluminium is an abundant element in the earth's crust, but it is not found free in nature.

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