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Aluminium (British and IUPAC spellings) or aluminum (North American spelling) combines characteristics of pre- and post-transition metals. Since it has few available electrons for metallic bonding, like its heavier group 13 congeners, it has the characteristic physical properties of a post-transition metal, with longer-than-expected interatomic ...
Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. It has a great affinity towards oxygen, forming a protective layer of oxide on the surface when exposed to air.
This occurs in dragon eggs, where slower oxidation of magnesium by Lead tetraoxide (Pb 3 O 4) allows time for the formed Lead monoxide (PbO) gas to build up without reacting with the aluminum portion, so when the magnesium is finally consumed the aluminum reaction occurs rapidly enough to produce an explosion. If too much magnesium is present ...
Similarly to the nucleophilic carbon center in the carbene, the lone pair on the aluminium center binds to the first azide equivalent. Nitrogen gas is liberated. With the second equivalent of azide, a five-member ring is formed. Aluminium (I) systems undergo reactions with azides in the same fashion as carbenes. [10]
Aluminium(I) oxide is a compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula Al 2 O. It can be prepared by heating the stable oxide Al 2 O 3 with elemental silicon at 1800 °C under vacuum .
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Hydrogen gas porosity is an aluminium casting defect in the form of a porosity or void in an aluminium casting caused by a high level of hydrogen gas (H 2) dissolved in the aluminium at liquid phase. The solubility of hydrogen in solid aluminium is much smaller than in liquid aluminium. As the aluminium freezes, some of the hydrogen comes out ...
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