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ALU-MI-NUM 
You are probably very familiar with the metal aluminum. Many of you wrap your sandwiches everyday with aluminum foil. On the other hand, many of your families cook with the foil. Being such an expert with aluminum you already know that the metal is a silvery white color and very reflective. Another great trait of aluminum is that it is not toxic. So cook and eat away, the aluminum foil will not get you sick. The thirteenth element in the periodic table has many other uses. When aluminum is combined with other metals it becomes very strong. It is so strong that engineers use it to build planes and ships. Did you know that there is even a type of plastic that has aluminum inside? Even though humans have been using the metal for thousands of years, it was not until 1807 that Davy named the metal. It took another twenty years before it was purified and isolated by a chemist named Wohler. Aluminum is located in the same column of the periodic table with boron.
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