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Aluminium: Characters, History & Applications

Aluminium (the Commonwealth and preferred IUPAC name) or aluminum (North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13. It has a density lower than other common metals, about one-third that of steel. Aluminium has a great affinity toward oxygen, forming a protective layer of oxide on the surface when exposed to air. It…

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Aluminium topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, History and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around Aluminium.

Related topics
446
Source areas
11
Connected nodes
462
Extracted relationships
244
Related term clusters
81
Bridge connections
462

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Chemistry · 123 topics
Physical characteristics · 67 topics
Applications · 61 topics
Overview · 46 topics
History · 32 topics
Natural occurrence · 31 topics
Production and refinement · 25 topics
Environmental effects · 21 topics
Biology · 20 topics
Naming and spelling history · 17 topics
Etymology · 3 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

26Al
trace
27Al
100%
Alternative name
Aluminum (U.S., Canada)
Appearance
Silvery gray metallic
at T (K)
1482
Atomic number (Z)
13

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Overview

Physical characteristics

Chemistry

Natural occurrence

History

Etymology

Naming and spelling history

Production and refinement

Applications

Biology

Environmental effects

Bibliography

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Aluminium connects Entity context

The extracted context around Aluminium shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Aluminium → Another, British, Davy, Davy's, English, Essai, France, French, Germany, Humphry Davy, January, July, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Latin, Nomenclature, One, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Sweden, Swedish Another extracted example is Aluminium → Andreas Libavius, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, BCE, Crusades, Europe, European, Friedrich Hoffmann, German, Greek, Herodotus, Mediterranean, Paracelsus, Swiss. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Aluminium

Top relations

related to Early proposals (1808–1812) · 20
Aluminium → Another, British, Davy, Davy's, English, Essai, France, French, Germany, Humphry Davy, January, July, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Latin, Nomenclature, One, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Sweden, Swedish
related to history · 13
Aluminium → Andreas Libavius, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, BCE, Crusades, Europe, European, Friedrich Hoffmann, German, Greek, Herodotus, Mediterranean, Paracelsus, Swiss
related to 19th-century spelling and usage · 12
Aluminium → American, Britain, British, Davy's, England, English, Germany, Germany Davy's, Richards, The French, Thomas Young, Wöhler
related to Chemistry · 12
Aluminium → Additionally, Al, Al3, AlX3, Be2, BX3, Furthermore, Hence, Lewis, Mg, Since, Zn
related to Earth · 9
Aluminium → Al, Earth, Earth's, Feldspars, Impurities, Native, OH, Overall, South China Sea
related to Production and refinement · 9
Aluminium → Bayer, Canada, China, Hall, Héroult, India, Production, Russia, United Arab Emirates
is a · 8
Aluminium → common and widespread element, excellent thermal and electrical conductor, main substitute to copper and its applications to the traditional domains of copper have seen increased interest when copper prices are high such as in 2011, material of choice for cookware, most abundant metallic element, most electropositive metal in its group, post-transition metal in the boron group, small atom relative to these chalcogens
related to 20th-century standardization and regional usage · 8
Aluminium → American Chemical Society, Applied Chemistry, Canada, English-speaking, IUPAC, Pure, The International Union, United States
related to Compounds · 8
Aluminium → Anhydrous, Another, Claus, Many, Mohs, Several, Sodium, Two
related to Hall–Héroult process · 8
Aluminium → Anodes, Carbon, Cathodes, Despite, Hall, Héroult, Na3AlF6, Söderberg

Important terminology

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Important terminology

used metal also production alumina compounds process aluminum metals water stable name high hydroxide alum al group element common oxide

Aluminium relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 244 structured relationships around Aluminium. Examples in this analysis include Aluminium → 26Al → trace and Aluminium → 27Al → 100%. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Aluminium26Altrace1.00infobox
Aluminium27Al100%1.00infobox
AluminiumAlternative nameAluminum (U.S., Canada)1.00infobox
AluminiumAppearanceSilvery gray metallic1.00infobox
Aluminiumat T (K)14821.00infobox
AluminiumAtomic number (Z)131.00infobox
AluminiumAtomic radiusempirical: 143 pm1.00infobox
AluminiumBlockp-block1.00infobox
AluminiumBoiling point2743 K ​(2470 °C, ​4478 °F)1.00infobox
AluminiumBrinell hardness160–550 MPa1.00infobox
AluminiumBulk modulus76 GPa1.00infobox
AluminiumCAS Number7429-90-51.00infobox
AluminiumCovalent radius121±4 pm1.00infobox
AluminiumCrystal structure​face-centered cubic (fcc) (cF4)1.00infobox
AluminiumDensity (at 20 °C)2.699 g/cm31.00infobox
AluminiumDiscoveryHans Christian Ørsted (1824)1.00infobox
AluminiumElectrical resistivity26.5 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)1.00infobox
AluminiumElectron configuration[Ne] 3s2 3p11.00infobox
AluminiumElectronegativityPauling scale: 1.611.00infobox
AluminiumElectrons per shell2, 8, 31.00infobox
AluminiumGroupgroup 13 (boron group)1.00infobox
AluminiumHeat of fusion10.71 kJ/mol1.00infobox
AluminiumHeat of vaporization284 kJ/mol1.00infobox
AluminiumIonization energies1st: 577.5 kJ/mol1.00infobox
AluminiumIonization energies2nd: 1816.7 kJ/mol1.00infobox
AluminiumIonization energies3rd: 2744.8 kJ/mol1.00infobox
AluminiumIonization energies(more)1.00infobox
AluminiumLattice constanta = 404.93 pm (at 20 °C)1.00infobox
AluminiumMagnetic orderingparamagnetic1.00infobox
AluminiumMelting point933.47 K ​(660.32 °C, ​1220.58 °F)1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Aluminium bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Used, Metal and Production. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • oxide of aluminium
    • Used
    • Alumina
    • Oxygen
    • Also
    • Metal
    • Process
    • Hydrogen
    • Production
    • Name
    • Compounds
    • Metals
    • Oxide
  • Aluminium
    • Used
    • Metal
    • Production
    • Also
    • Compounds
    • Process
    • Oxide
    • Metals
    • Hydroxide
    • High
    • Water
    • Copper
  • aluminium
    • Used
    • Metal
    • Production
    • Also
    • Compounds
    • Process
    • Oxide
    • Metals
    • Hydroxide
    • High
    • Water
    • Copper
  • post-transition metal
    • Name
    • Oxygen
    • Hall
    • Oxide
    • Copper
    • Metallic
    • Production
    • Spelling
    • Alumina
    • Process
    • Also
    • Chemist
  • free metal
    • Name
    • Oxygen
    • Hall
    • Oxide
    • Copper
    • Metallic
    • Production
    • Spelling
    • Alumina
    • Process
    • Also
    • Chemist
  • non-ferrous metal
    • Name
    • Oxygen
    • Hall
    • Oxide
    • Copper
    • Metallic
    • Production
    • Spelling
    • Alumina
    • Process
    • Also
    • Chemist
  • aluminium alloys
    • Used
    • Metal
    • Production
    • Also
    • Compounds
    • Process
    • Oxide
    • Metals
    • Hydroxide
    • High
    • Water
    • Copper
  • aluminium nitride
    • Used
    • Metal
    • Production
    • Also
    • Compounds
    • Process
    • Oxide
    • Metals
    • Hydroxide
    • High
    • Water
    • Copper

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Aluminium, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Aluminium with Chemistry. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Aluminium — Chemistry · splits 339 ⟂ 124
Aluminium — Physical characteristics · splits 395 ⟂ 68
Aluminium — Applications · splits 401 ⟂ 62
Aluminium — Overview · splits 416 ⟂ 47
Aluminium — History · splits 430 ⟂ 33
Aluminium — Natural occurrence · splits 431 ⟂ 32
Aluminium — Production and refinement · splits 437 ⟂ 26
Aluminium — Environmental effects · splits 441 ⟂ 22
Aluminium — Biology · splits 442 ⟂ 21
Aluminium — Naming and spelling history · splits 445 ⟂ 18
Aluminium — Bibliography · splits 458 ⟂ 5
Aluminium — Etymology · splits 459 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Aluminium

Nodes463
Edges462
Triples244
Avg. degree2
Density0.00432
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Aluminium to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, History & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Aluminium · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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