elements · 13 / 118 · All 118

Aluminium

Z: 13
Mass: 26.982
Lifeforce: Air

The most abundant metal in Earth's crust was once more valuable than gold. Then we learned to extract it cheaply, and the treasure became the can in your hand.

Kites and birds weave a bridge of threads between two hills. — Plate · Air Air never keeps to itself. It *connects* what two hills hold apart.

Aluminum. Element thirteen. The most common metal in Earth’s crust. Was once more valuable than gold, until we learned how to extract it cheaply. Now in every can, every plane, every window frame.

Lab note · Most abundant metal in Earth's crust; the metal was never expensive, only its extraction.

Tool · Cosmic origin

Where your atoms come from

Al · Star fusion

Forged in the cores of living stars over billions of years of stellar fusion.

14 of the 118 elements share this origin.

Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model

Tool · Periodic table

Your place in the system

H He Li Be B C N O F Ne Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe Cs Ba La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn Fr Ra Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og

Fire
Water
Air
Earth
Source

Click any element to go there.