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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 [[atomic number]] Z = 13. | '''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. | ||
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. | ||
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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.
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.