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'''Aluminum''', officially '''aluminium''' by 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 [[atomic number]] Z = 13.
It is the most reactive post-transition element metal, is 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
[[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), officially aluminium (British English)according to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, is a chemical element with 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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