Age hardening in alloys of this element was discovered by Alfred Wilm.
Age hardening in alloys of this element was discovered by Alfred Wilm. Industrially, this element isused to deoxidize compounds when they are difficult to reduce or only form carbides with carbon. Nearlyall catalysts used in fluid catalytic cracking, including zeolites, contain this element. Although not titanium,organic compounds containing this element act as catalysts in the polymerization of olefins, as discoveredby Ziegler and Natta. Dissolving this element's oxide in cryolite is an important step in one process used toproduce this element. Although it is not iron, this metal's trichloride is used in the synthesis of alkyl andacyl derivatives of aromatic compounds in the Friedel-Crafts reactions. This element's oxide is producedcommercially by the Bayer process, in which finely ground bauxite is used; the product of that process isthen input to the Hall-Heroult process. For 10 points, identify this metal with chemical symbol Al.
Age hardening in alloys of this element was discovered by Alfred Wilm.
aluminum [or aluminium; or Al until is read]