Are metals such as aluminium and copper pure?

Answer 1

Aluminium is Never found in its pure form, It is found together with other elements. The source from which we usually get aluminium is calledbauxite this is a mixture of aluminium, oxygen and hydrogen. When metals are mixed together like this, it is called an alloy.

Australia is the world's largest producer and exporter of aluminium and produces approximately 40% of the world's bauxite. Australia's main mining areas are Weipa in North Queensland, Gove in the Northern Territory and the Darling Range in Western Australia.

(on edit). That would be an excellent answer (above) if it told the whole story. Aluminium is, in fact, the most abundant metallic element found in the Earth's crust, where it makes up over 8% of it's weight. It is the third most abundant of all elements (after oxygen and silicone) However, because of its strong affinity to oxygen, it is almost never found in it's elemental state; instead it is found in oxides or silicates, except in very low oxygen environments (such as volcanoes) where it is present in its pure metallic state.

Answer 2

if they are elements found in the Periodic Table, then yes they are.

I quickly found out, yes, they are elements - hence pure.

Answer 3

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