I Need help on a project and i couldn't find the answer anywhere so how was The Al on the periodic table, for the element aluminum how was it chosen
This Site Might Help You. RE: How was the Al symbol chosen for Aluminum? I Need help on a project and i couldn't find the answer anywhere so how was The Al on the periodic table, for the element aluminum how was it chosen
I know where the name aluminum originates from: the ancient Greeks and Romans used alum in medicine as an astringent, and in dyeing processes. In 1761 de Morveau proposed the name alumine for the base in alum. In 1807, Davy proposed the name alumium for the metal, undiscovered at that time, and later agreed to change it to aluminum. Shortly thereafter, the name aluminium was adopted by IUPAC to conform with the ium ending of most elements. Aluminium is the IUPAC spelling and therefore the international standard. Aluminium was also the accepted spelling in the U.S.A. until 1925, at which time the American Chemical Society decided to revert back to aluminum, and to this day Americans still refer to aluminium as aluminum. As far as the symbol Al it was adopted by IUPAC because the first two letters of the element are Al and that is the common convention in symbolizing these elements in the periodic table.
Because they got tired of using obscure Greek and Latin abbreviations for the other metals, like Sn for Tin, Hg for Mercury, Au for Gold, Pb for Lead, Ag for Silver. Need I go on? Actually, the name aluminum was coined in 1812 by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), from Latin, alumen alum. (Alum, late 14th century, whitish mineral salt used as an astringent, dye, etc., from O.Fr. alum, from L. alumen alum, lit. bitter salt, cognate with Gk. aludoimos bitter and English ale.) So you see, Al is an abbreviation based on aluminum's original classification. The modern preferred British form is aluminium.
Ancient Greeks and Romans used aluminium salts as dyeing mordants and as astringents for dressing wounds; alum is still used as a styptic. In 1761 Guyton de Morveau suggested calling the base alum alumine. In 1808, Humphry Davy identified the existence of a metal base of alum, which he at first termed alumium and later aluminum.
