Where did aluminum get its name?

Answer 1

Name Origin: From the Latin word alumen, meaning a substance having an astringent or bitter taste

• Named by Sir Humphry Davy who had trouble settling with a name. He based the name on the mineral called alumina which was named by chemist Joseph Black in 1790. Joseph Black derived the name alumina from alum, a white mineral that was named by the French.

• These days it is commonly known as aluminum everywhere outside of the U.S. and Canada.

Answer 2

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With water they combine to alkaline salts:

monovalent bases like NaOH, KOH, etc.

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Answer 3

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With water they combine to alkaline salts:

monovalent bases like NaOH, KOH, etc.

Be careful, EXPLOSIVE !! DDTaH

Follow this link and in 2 minutes you know for sure: it looks like Braniac but it isn't!!

It is serious!!

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Answer 4

Aluminum got its name from Sir Humphry Davy, he named it after the Latin word "Alumen" meaning bitter taste . That is why the element Aluminum is symbolized as Al in when looking at the Periodic Table of elements.

Answer 5

Aluminium gets its name from the word Alumen, meaning "to have bitter taste". The man who named it was Sir Humphry Davy.

Answer 6

Alkali metals get their name because they form alkalines.

Answer 7

It came from the Baseball player named al kaline who played for the Detroit Tigers.