why is aluminum to the right side of the periodic table if it's a metal and why is it negatively charge if it's a mental. also if you combine it with like another metal will it be an ion since its positively charge or no because they are both metals
Aluminum is not placed with the other metals such as transition metals or alkali metals because it is classified as a poor metal. Elemental aluminum, in it's pure form, is not an ion because it has no charge. If combined with another metal, the result will also be neutral if the metal aluminum was being combined with was neutral. Hydrogen won't have the same case because it is not a metal, it is a gas. The only reason it is in the same column as metals is because they all have 1 valence electron
