Definitions for aluminum
əˈlu mə nəmalu·minum

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1. aluminum, aluminium, Al, atomic number 13noun

   a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

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1. Aluminumnoun

   The metallic element forming the base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al. Also called aluminium.

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1. aluminumnoun

   A metallic chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

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1. aluminum

   Aluminium (aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. It has a great affinity towards oxygen, and forms a protective layer of oxide on the surface when exposed to air. Aluminium visually resembles silver, both in its color and in its great ability to reflect light. It is soft, non-magnetic and ductile. It has one stable isotope, 27Al; this isotope is very common, making aluminium the twelfth most common element in the Universe. The radioactivity of 26Al is used in radiodating. Chemically, aluminium is a post-transition metal in the boron group; as is common for the group, aluminium forms compounds primarily in the +3 oxidation state. The aluminium cation Al3+ is small and highly charged; as such, it is polarizing, and bonds aluminium forms tend towards covalency. The strong affinity towards oxygen leads to aluminium's common association with oxygen in nature in the form of oxides; for this reason, aluminium is found on Earth primarily in rocks in the crust, where it is the third most abundant element after oxygen and silicon, rather than in the mantle, and virtually never as the free metal. The discovery of aluminium was announced in 1825 by Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted. The first industrial production of aluminium was initiated by French chemist Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville in 1856. Aluminium became much more available to the public with the Hall–Héroult process developed independently by French engineer Paul Héroult and American engineer Charles Martin Hall in 1886, and the mass production of aluminium led to its extensive use in industry and everyday life. In World Wars I and II, aluminium was a crucial strategic resource for aviation. In 1954, aluminium became the most produced non-ferrous metal, surpassing copper. In the 21st century, most aluminium was consumed in transportation, engineering, construction, and packaging in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. Despite its prevalence in the environment, no living organism is known to use aluminium salts for metabolism, but aluminium is well tolerated by plants and animals. Because of the abundance of these salts, the potential for a biological role for them is of interest, and studies continue.

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1. aluminum

   Aluminum is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. It is a silvery-white, soft, non-magnetic, ductile metal in the boron group. Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust and the most abundant metal. It has a low density and excellent resistance to corrosion, making it a key component in many manufactured goods, including vehicles, aircraft, packaging materials and building construction. It is also used in electrical transmission lines due to its electrical conductivity.

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1. Aluminumnoun

   see Aluminium

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1. Aluminum

   The Aluminum was an American automobile built by the Aluminum Manufacturers, Inc. of Cleveland, from 1920 to 1922. The car was manufactured primarily as an experiment, in an attempt to prove that aluminum could be used in the construction of automobiles. Six cars were built; each was a five-passenger touring car weighing 2400 lb and featuring a 126-inch wheelbase and a four-cylinder Alcoa engine. In 1922 Pierce-Arrow became involved in the company, and all cars built after that point were constructed under Pierce-Arrow's aegis and bore the name Pomeroy.

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1. Aluminum

   A metallic element that has the atomic number 13, atomic symbol Al, and atomic weight 26.98.

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1. Aluminum

   Aluminium vs. Aluminum -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Aluminium and Aluminum.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of aluminum in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of aluminum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of aluminum in a Sentence

1. Patrick Coughlin:

   We're pretty excited, even if manipulation took place in another market, if it were directed toward our clients' markets and inflated the price of aluminum there, we should be able to bring an antitrust case.

2. Michael Logue:

   I stand up on overwatch and we start rolling forward. And 30 seconds later, I see a Marine in the open. I see a fireball. And then I see I, you know, start to feel explode, you know, start to hear the explosion because you always kind of feel it and see things first and then then you actually hear it, it was a pressure plate, IED with like hacksaw blades, and it shot the amount of explosives, had a piece of steel over top of it. So it creates a big shaped charge. And it just sliced right through the aluminum underbelly of this Amphibious Assault Vehicle hitting all the jet fuel, hitting all the 50,000 rounds of ammunition.

3. Novelis Chief Executive Steve Fisher:

   While Ford has gone very aluminum-intensive and been very successful with the F-150 more recently, everyone's going to look at their portfolios of vehicles and take their own views on how quickly they need to move to aluminum.

4. Leslie Henderson:

   It's a really difficult time for small brewers right now, because we use a huge amount of stainless steel, and many of us use a huge amount of aluminum too, anything that impacts the cost of our production equipment and our raw materials is going to be extremely painful for all of us.

5. Bill Ford:

   Like it was with EcoBoost and like it was with aluminum, it's important we get people in the vehicle to try it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=aluminum
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=aluminum
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aluminum
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aluminum
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=aluminum