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A stable derivative of aluminium monoiodide is the cyclic adduct formed with triethylamine, Al 4 I 4 (NEt 3) 4. Also of theoretical interest but only of fleeting existence are Al 2 O and Al 2 S. Al 2 O is made by heating the normal oxide, Al 2 O 3 , with silicon at 1,800 °C (3,272 °F) in a vacuum .
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.
Aluminides are intermetallic compounds of aluminium. [1] Since aluminium is near the nonmetals on the periodic table, it can bond with metals differently than other metals. The properties of an aluminide are between those of a metal alloy and those of an ionic compound.
Other pnictides include the ternary rare-earth (RE) main-group variety of pnictides. These are in the form of RE a M b Pn c, where M is a carbon group or boron group element and Pn is any pnictogen except nitrogen. These compounds are between ionic and covalent compounds and thus have unusual bonding properties. [4]
In chemistry, aluminium(I) refers to monovalent aluminium (+1 oxidation state) in both ionic and covalent bonds. Along with aluminium(II), it is an extremely unstable form of aluminium. While late Group 13 elements such as thallium and indium prefer the +1 oxidation state, aluminium(I) is rare.
In contrast to boron, aluminium is a larger atom and easily accommodates four carbon ligands. The triorganoaluminium compounds are thus usually dimeric with a pair of bridging alkyl ligands, e.g., Al 2 (C 2 H 5) 4 (μ-C 2 H 5) 2. Thus, despite its common name of triethylaluminium, this compound contains two aluminium centres, and six ethyl groups.