Talk:Aluminium

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Isotopes	4,257	4,257
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Bulk	5,507	5,507
Chemistry	6,381	22,978
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Organoaluminium compounds and related hydrides	2,622	2,622
Natural occurrence	77	10,052
Space	3,061	3,061
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Hall–Héroult process	2,934	2,934
Recycling	4,936	4,936
Applications	135	15,824
Metal	4,181	4,181
Compounds	11,508	11,508
Biology	1,318	16,888
Toxicity	4,389	4,389
Effects	6,795	6,795
Exposure routes	3,390	3,390
Treatment	996	996
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See also	357	357
Notes	26	26
References	30	30
Bibliography	2,093	2,093
Further reading	157	157
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Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2024

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The boiling point of Aluminum is stated to be 2743 K but it should be 2793 K. Sources: NIST This paper Seeenman (talk) 05:02, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Seeenman:

Not done. That 2743 K value comes from this^[1], which is newer (2011) than the sources you given (1987–1988). --Nucleus hydro elemon (talk) 15:14, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah thanks. Perhaps that could be added as a reference on the page? Something like

2743 K (2470 °C, 4478 °F)^[2] Seeenman (talk) 16:41, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Nucleus hydro elemon (talk) 22:33, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! 169.233.202.227 (talk) 22:55, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Zhang, Yiming; Evans, Julian R. G.; Yang, Shoufeng (2011). "Corrected Values for Boiling Points and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Elements in Handbooks". J. Chem. Eng. Data. 56 (2): 328–337. doi:10.1021/je1011086.
^ Zhang, Yiming; Evans, Julian R. G.; Yang, Shoufeng (2011). "Corrected Values for Boiling Points and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Elements in Handbooks". J. Chem. Eng. Data. 56 (2): 328–337. doi:10.1021/je1011086.

reference removed, mouse≠person

ref name="Ullmann" does not support "Aluminium sulfate has an LD₅₀ of 6207 mg/kg (oral, mouse), which corresponds to 435 grams (about one pound) for a 70 kg (150 lb) person." I've also changed person to mouse because toxicity is different in different species.

Darsie42 (talk) 10:14, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately this leaves us trying to imagine a 70kg mouse. Perhaps it would be better to remove the relative clause entirely. 80.6.246.2 (talk) 16:06, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that extrapolating cross-species without a direct cite is a problem (WP:OR). Just state the LD50 as the ref supports it. DMacks (talk) 18:55, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In the section titled "Earth" under the natural occurrence tab it's stated that "Aluminium also occurs in seawater at a concentration of 2 μg/kg." when I went to the referenced material [33] I wasn't able to find that value. If this could be double checked and adjusted if need be, that would be great. I also got a separate average concentration of sea water as 0.42 µg/L with a standard deviation of 0.70 µg/L (or 0.41 µg/kg with a standard deviation of 0.68 µg/kg) from a more recent study in 2020.(https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00468/full#T2) These values can be found on table two and are measured in nanomoles, but should convert over. Xcl-aspiringscientist (talk) 03:53, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, cheers for doing the converting Cmrc23 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 09:27, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reynolds Wrap

Is it sold in England? If so, which way do they label it? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:00, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Baseball Bugs, sort of. You can buy Reynolds wrap from global sellers such as Amazon, but there's no need, and the vast majority of the UK just buy generic aluminium foil from the supermarket - Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons, Lidl, etc - which is less than half the price of Reynolds Wrap according to a quick google search. I'd never heard of the Reynolds Wrap brand until I saw this question.

As to the second part of the question - which way do they label it I've resisted the urge to be facetious, and you'll have to clarify what you mean? Chaheel Riens (talk) 08:15, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Zhang, Yiming; Evans, Julian R. G.; Yang, Shoufeng (2011). "Corrected Values for Boiling Points and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Elements in Handbooks". J. Chem. Eng. Data. 56 (2): 328–337. doi:10.1021/je1011086.

[2] Zhang, Yiming; Evans, Julian R. G.; Yang, Shoufeng (2011). "Corrected Values for Boiling Points and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Elements in Handbooks". J. Chem. Eng. Data. 56 (2): 328–337. doi:10.1021/je1011086.

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