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The spelling aluminium is the international standard in the sciences according to the IUPAC recommendations. Humphry Davy, the element's discoverer, first proposed the name alumium, and then later aluminum. The name aluminium was finally adopted to conform with the -ium ending of some metallic elements. [105]
This British person, again, acknowledges that the US was using the term aluminium but began using the word Aluminum once it was marketed to households - because, once more, NONE of us have ever held an aluminium can in our hands. Americans have held Aluminum cans and Brits have held aluminium alloy "6061" cans.
Why does the article use the British spelling throughout when the etymology section says the discoverer preferred aluminum, the North American spelling? Doesn't the person who discovered an element have a say in how an element is spelled? It is spelled Aluminium because that is the IUPAC spelling. That has nothing to do with American vs. British.
This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: spelt, spelled; Derived words often, but not always, follow their root.
Example - an article about Hershey's chocolate might say "The bars are wrapped in aluminum foil", whereas one about Cadbury's chocolate might say "The bars are wrapped in aluminium foil" - both are the correct spelling for that particular article, regardless of how this article is spelled. An article about alumin(i)um cans might have either ...
Several pronunciation patterns contrast American and British English accents. The following lists a few common ones. Most American accents are rhotic, preserving the historical /r/ phoneme in all contexts, while most British accents of England and Wales are non-rhotic, only preserving this sound before vowels but dropping it in all other contexts; thus, farmer rhymes with llama for Brits but ...
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Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. It has a great affinity towards oxygen, forming a protective layer of oxide on the surface when exposed to air.