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'''Aluminum''' ([[American English]]), officially '''aluminium''' ([[British English]]) according to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, is a chemical element with the [[atomic number]] Z = 13.
'''Aluminum''' ([[American English]]) or '''aluminium'''<ref>With differing stress: '''alûminum''' (BrE), alumínium (BrE), see [[English spellings]] for key<7ref> ([[British English]] and the form used by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) is a chemical element with the [[atomic number]] Z = 13.


It is the most reactive post-transition element metal, the third most abundant ''element'' in the Earth's crust, and the most abundant ''metal'' in the Earth's crust.
It is the most reactive post-transition element metal, the third most abundant ''element'' in the Earth's crust, and the most abundant ''metal'' in the Earth's crust.
==References==
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Aluminum
[[Atomic mass|Aluminum/Atomic mass]] +3



  [[Periodic table of elements|Aluminum/Atomic symbol]]
[[Atomic number|Aluminum/Atomic number]]
1s22s22p63s23p1 13,3,p
[ ? ] [[Aluminum/Periodic table of elements]]:
Uses:
Lewis acid catalysis
Hazard:
pyrophoric



Aluminum (American English) or aluminium<ref>With differing stress: alûminum (BrE), alumínium (BrE), see English spellings for key<7ref> (British English and the form used by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) is a chemical element with the atomic number Z = 13.

It is the most reactive post-transition element metal, the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust.

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