Al - Aluminum

A common metal comprising nearly ten percent of the crust of the earth, aluminum has been known since its preparation by Hans Oerstead 1825. 

Atomic number - 13 Density g/mL 2 .7
Atomic weight u 26 .98154 Melting point K 933 .25
Bonding radius A 1 .18 Boiling point K 2740
Atomic radius A 1 .82 Heat of vaporization kJ/mol 293 .4
Ionization Potential V 5 .986 Heat of fusion kJ/mol 10 .79
Electronegativity - 1 .61 Specific heat J/gK 0 .9
The oxide is amphoteric.
Crystal are face centered cubic.

Electron config. : [Ne] 3s2 3p1

 


Isotopes of Al: Click mass number for decay process, product for element page.

 

022
70 msec
EC/EC2p/ECp,18.580
Mg-22/Ne-20/Na-21
22.019517
023
0.47 sec
EC/ECp,12.240
Mg-23/Na-22
23.007267
024
2.053 sec
EC/ECa,13.878
Mg-24/Ne-20
23.999940
024a
131.3 msec
ECa,4.988 MeV
Ne-20
24.000398
025
7.183 sec
EC,4.277 MeV
Mg-25
24.990428
026
7.4E+5 yr
EC,4.004 MeV
Mg-26
25.986891
027 100%

Stable

26.981538
028
2.2414 min
B-,4.642 MeV
Si-28
27.981910
029
6.56 min
B-,3.680 MeV
Si-29
28.980444
030
3.60 sec
B-,8.561 MeV
Si-30
29.982960
031
644 msec
B-,7.995 MeV
Si-31
30.983946
032
33 msec
B-,13.020 MeV
Si-32
31.988126
034
60 msec
B-/B-n,17.090
Si-34/Si-33
33.996929
035
150 msec
B-/B-n,14.300
Si-35/Si-34
34.999935
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