Is aluminium an element or compound?

Answer 1

aluminum itself is an element, but most products made of aluminum are actually an aluminum alloy.

both aluminum and aluminum alloys have a thin glassy (sometimes colored) coating of aluminum oxides, which protects the actual metal surface. This coating is a compound or mixture of compounds and elements.

Now wasn't that complicated?

Answer 2

Aluminium is itself an element. By itself, Aluminium cannot be a compound because a compound consists of two or more elements. Similarily, mixtures are two or more elements that are combined, but retain their chemical identities. If aluminium were part of an alloy (a combination of metals, which is what most aluminium products you see daily are actually made of) then it would be considered a mixture.

To summarize: if you're only talking about Aluminium alone, then it is an element.

Answer 3

Aluminium itself is a element and very reactive, but it has a thin coating of aluminium oxide on it which stops it from reacting.

Answer 4

An element. No. 13 on the Periodic Table, symbol Al

Answer 5

Aluminium is an Element.

Answer 6

Aluminium is an element.

Answer 7

An element