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'''Aluminum''' ([[American English]]) or '''aluminium'''<ref>With differing stress: '''alûminum''' (AmE), '''alumínium''' (BrE), see [[English spellings]] for key</ref> ([[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. | |||
'''Aluminum''' ([[American English]]) or '''aluminium'''<ref>With differing stress: '''alûminum''' ( | |||
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) or aluminium[1] (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.
References
- ↑ With differing stress: alûminum (AmE), alumínium (BrE), see English spellings for key