Is aluminum an element or a compound?
Name, symbol, number aluminium, Al, 13 Element category poor metal Group, period, block 13, 3, p Appearance grey Standard atomic weight 26.9815386(13) g·mol−1 Electron configuration [Ne] 3s2 3p1 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 3 (Image) Physical properties Phase solid Density (near r.t.) 2.70 g·cm−3 Liquid density at m.p. 2.375 g·cm−3 Melting point 933.47 K (660.32 °C, 1220.58 °F) Boiling point 2792 K (2519 °C, 4566 °F) Heat of fusion 10.71 kJ·mol−1 Heat of vaporization 294.0 kJ·mol−1 Specific heat capacity (25 °C) 24.
