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{{Element | name=Aluminium | symbol=Al | anumber=13 | amass=27.0 amu | noe=13 | class=Standard Metal | cstructure=Cubic | color=Silver | date=1825 | discname=[[Hans Christian Oersted]] | origname=From the Latin ''alumen''. | uses=Aluminium is a very strong metal yet it is lightweight. It has many uses such as in airplanes, automobiles, and soda cans. | obtained=Bauxite }}
{{Element | name=Aluminium | symbol=Al | anumber=13 | amass=27.0 amu | noe=13 | class=Standard Metal | cstructure=Cubic | color=Silver | date=1825 | discname=[[Hans Christian Oersted]] | origname=From the Latin ''alumen''. | uses=Aluminium is a very strong metal yet it is lightweight. It has many uses such as in airplanes, automobiles, and soda cans. | obtained=Bauxite }}
'''Aluminum''' is an abundant [[metal]] (second only to [[silicon]] in the Earth's crust) which is commonly used in packaging, housing materials, appliances, as a structural material for [[vehicle]]s as well as many other uses. Despite its abundance and usefulness, aluminum has only commonly been in use for about a century. <ref>[[United States Geological Survey]], [http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/aluminum/ Aluminum Statistics and Information]</ref>
==Naming==
==Naming==
Aluminium is the international standard IUPAC name for this element but Aluminum was adopted by the [[American Chemical Society]] in 1925<ref>[http://www.alunet.net/shownews.asp?ID=490&type=3 Alunet] accessed 25 March 2007</ref> and this remains the standard in the USA.
Aluminium is the international standard IUPAC name for this element but Aluminum was adopted by the [[American Chemical Society]] in 1925<ref>[http://www.alunet.net/shownews.asp?ID=490&type=3 Alunet] accessed 25 March 2007</ref> and this remains the standard in the USA.