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aluminium
Summary
aluminium is a chemical element[1]. aluminium ranks in the top 1% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- aluminium is credited with the discovery of Hans Christian Ørsted[3].
- aluminium is credited with the discovery of Humphry Davy[4].
- aluminium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[5].
- aluminium's instance of is recorded as lithophile[6].
- alum is named after aluminium[7].
- aluminium is made of bauxite[8].
- aluminium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Al][9].
- aluminium's element symbol is recorded as Al[10].
- aluminium is a type of building material[11].
- aluminium is a type of medication[12].
- aluminium is a type of combustible powder[13].
- aluminium is a type of simple substance[14].
- aluminium is a type of metal[15].
- aluminium is a type of light metal[16].
- aluminium is a type of p-block[17].
- aluminium is part of period 3[18].
- aluminium is part of group 13[19].
- aluminium is part of post-transition metal[20].
- aluminium is used for dye[21].
- aluminium's Commons category is recorded as Aluminium[22].
- aluminium's Unicode character is recorded as 鋁[23].
- aluminium's crystal system is recorded as face-centered cubic[24].
- aluminium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1825[25].
- aluminium's point group is recorded as cubic-hexoctahedral[26].
- aluminium's space group is recorded as space group Fm-3m[27].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include chemical element[5] and lithophile[6]. Recorded subclass of include building material[11], medication[12], combustible powder[13], simple substance[14], metal[15], and light metal[16].
Origins
alum is named after aluminium[7].
Use and Application
aluminium is used for dye[21]. Part of include period 3[18], a period[28]; group 13[19], a group[29]; and post-transition metal[20].
Influence
Things named for aluminium include Silver Bridge[30], a suspension bridge[31], in United States[32]; Tefal[33], a Wikipedia overview article[34], in France[35], founded in 1956[36]; sial[37]; Alumínio[38], a municipality of Brazil[39], in Brazil[40]; carmeltazite[41], a mineral species[42]; aluminite[43], a mineral species[44]; kalsilite[45], a mineral species[46]; and alarsite[47], a mineral species[48].
Why It Matters
aluminium ranks in the top 1% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[2] aluminium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] aluminium is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for aluminium include Silver Bridge[30], a suspension bridge[31], in United States[32]; Tefal[33], a Wikipedia overview article[34], in France[35], founded in 1956[36]; sial[37]; Alumínio[38], a municipality of Brazil[39], in Brazil[40]; carmeltazite[41], a mineral species[42]; and aluminite[43], a mineral species[44].