see|Aluminium
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elements|Al|magnesium|Mg|silicon|Si

Alternative spellings
aluminum (US) (see also Usage notes below)

Pronunciation
(RP): �l"yo�omĭn'��m, /�ælj��mɪni�m/, /<tt>%{l(j)U"mIni@m</tt>/ or �l"yo�omĭn'y�m, /�ælj��mɪnj�m/, /<tt>%{l(j)U"mInj@m</tt>/
(US): �l"(y)o�omĭn'��m, /�æl(j)u�mɪni�m/, /<tt>%{l(j)u"mIni@m</tt>/ or �l"(y)o�omĭn'y�m, /�æl(j)u�mɪnj�m/, /<tt>%{l(j)u"mInj@m</tt>/

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Noun
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1. A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

Usage notes
Both spellings are used in Canada.
For information on the origins of the two spellings, see w:Aluminium#Spelling|the Wikipedia article

Synonyms
alumium (obsolete)
E173 when used as a food colouring

Derived terms
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aluminic
aluminiferous
aluminio-, alumino-
aluminium-27
aluminium arsenide, aluminum arsenide
aluminium borate, aluminum borate
aluminium boron oxide, aluminum boron oxide
aluminium brass, aluminum brass
aluminium bromide, aluminum bromide
aluminium bronze, aluminum bronze
aluminium caesium tetrachloride
aluminium carbide, aluminum carbide
aluminium chloride, aluminum chloride
aluminium chloride fluoride, aluminum chloride fluoride
aluminium chloride oxide, aluminum chloride oxide
aluminium chlorohydrate, aluminum chlorohydrate
aluminium difluoride, aluminum difluoride
aluminium difluoride oxide, aluminum difluoride oxide
aluminium foil, aluminum foil
aluminium fluoride, aluminum fluoride
aluminium gallium arsenide, aluminum gallium arsenide
aluminium-gallium-indium phosphide, aluminum-gallium-indium phosphide
aluminium gallium nitride, aluminum gallium nitride
aluminium hydride, aluminum hydride
aluminium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide
aluminium iodide, aluminum iodide
aluminium isopropoxide, aluminum isopropoxide
aluminium monobromide, aluminum monobromide
aluminium monochloride, aluminum monochloride
aluminium monofluoride, aluminum monofluoride
aluminium monofluoride monoxide
aluminium monoiodide, aluminum monoiodide
aluminium monophosphide, aluminum monophosphide
aluminium monostearate, aluminum monostearate
aluminium monotelluride, aluminum monotelluride
aluminium monoxide, aluminum monoxide
aluminium nitrate, aluminum nitrate
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aluminium nitride, aluminum nitride
aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide
aluminium oxide hydroxide, aluminum oxide hydroxide
aluminium oxynitride, aluminum oxynitride
aluminium phosphide, aluminum phosphide
aluminium rubidium tetrachloride, aluminum rubidium tetrachloride
aluminium silicon monoxide, aluminum silicon monoxide
aluminium suboxide, aluminum suboxide
aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate
aluminium sulphate, aluminum sulfate
aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate, aluminum sulfate hexadecahydrate<!--note: there are two spelling changes in the alternative form-->
aluminium sulphide, aluminum sulfide<!--note: there are two spelling changes in the alternative form-->
aluminium tribromide, aluminum tribromide
aluminium trichloride, aluminum trichloride
aluminium trifluoride, aluminum trifluoride
aluminium triiodide, aluminum triiodide
alundum
beryllium aluminium oxide, beryllium aluminum oxide
dialuminium, dialuminum
diethylaluminium chloride, diethylaluminum chloride
diisobutylaluminium hydride, diisobutylaluminum hydride
duralumin
eka-aluminium, ekaaluminum
ferro-aluminium, ferro-aluminum
lithium aluminium hydride, lithium aluminum hydride
magnalium
magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide
magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate
monoaluminium, monoaluminum
potassium aluminium chloride, potassium aluminum chloride
potassium aluminium sulphate, potassium aluminum sulfate<!--note: there are two spelling changes in the alternative form-->
rubidium aluminium sulphate-dodecahydrate, rubidium aluminum sulfate-dodecahydrate
sodium aluminium fluoride, sodium aluminum fluoride
triethylaluminium, triethylaluminum
trimethylaluminium, trimethyl aluminium
yttrium aluminium garnet, yttrium aluminum garnet

Related terms
algraphy
alum
alumane
alumina
aluminate
aluminide
aluminothermy

Translations
trans-top|A silvery metal
Afrikaans: aluminium
Albanian: alumin
Arabic: ARchar|ا������� (�alumínyum) m
Armenian: Õ¡Õ¬ÕµÕ¸Ö�Õ´Õ«Õ¶Õ¸Ö�Õ´ (alyuminum)
Basque: aluminioa
Belarusian: ал�мiнiй (aljumínij) m
Bosnian: aluminij
Breton: aluminiom m
Bulgarian: ал�миний (alumínij) m
Catalan: alumini
Chinese: � / � (l�)
Cornish: alumynyum
Croatian: aluminij
Czech: hliník
Danish: aluminium
Dutch: aluminium n
Esperanto: aluminio
Estonian: alumiinium
Faroese: aluminium
Finnish: alumiini
French: aluminium m
Frisian: aluminium
Friulian: alumini
Gallegan: aluminio
Georgian: ������� (alumini)
German: Aluminium n
Greek, Modern: αλο�μίνιο (aloumínio) n
Hebrew: �����נ��� (alumínyum), ��ר� (Unicode | ḥamran, ḥomran) m
Hungarian: alumínium
Icelandic: ál
Interlingua: aluminium
Irish: alúmanam
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Italian: alluminio m
Japanese: ������ (aruminiumu)
Kashmiri: aluminijô
Kazakh: ал�миний (alyuminii)
Korean: �루미� (alluminyum), �� (礬素, banso)
Latin: aluminium n
Latvian: alumīnijs
Lithuanian: aliuminis
Luxembourgish: aluminium
Macedonian: ал�мини�м (aluminium)
Malay: aluminium
Maltese: aluminju
Manx: ollymin
Mongolian: RUchar|�өнгөн (höngön)
Norwegian: aluminium
Polish: glin m, aluminium m
Portuguese: alumínio m
Romanian: aluminiu n
Russian: ал�миний (aljumínij) m
Scottish Gaelic: alùmanam
Serbian: ал�миниj�м (aluminijum) m
Slovak: hlinník
Slovene: aluminij
Spanish: aluminio m
Swedish: aluminium#Swedish|aluminium
Tajik: alyumini'
Tamil: �ல�ம�னியம� (alūmīniyam)
Thai: THchar|อะลูมิ�ัม (alūminiam)
Turkish: alüminyum
Ukrainian: ал�мiнiй (aljumínij) m
Uzbek: ал�миний (alyuminiy)
Vietnamese: nh�m
Welsh: alwminiwm
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See also
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andalusite
bauxite
Birmabright&reg;
chiolite
cobalt blue
corundum
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cryolite
emery
mullite
romanium
ruby
sapphire

External links
For etymology and more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/al.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

Category:Pronunciations wildly different across the pond

Swedish

Noun
aluminium ~et, uncountable

1. aluminium#English|aluminium

Category:Chemical elements

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