I am English but is it 'Aluminum' or 'Aluminium'? They can't both be right?

Answer 1

(L. alumen, alum) The ancient Greeks and Romans used alum in medicine as an astringent, and as a mordant in dyeing. In 1761 de Morveau proposed the name alumine for the base in alum, and Lavoisier, in 1787, thought this to be the oxide of a still undiscovered metal. Wohler is generally credited with having isolated the metal in 1827, although an impure form was prepared by Oersted two years earlier. In 1807, Davy proposed the name alumium for the metal, undiscovered at that time, and later agreed to change it to aluminum. Shortly thereafter, the name aluminium was adopted to conform with the "ium" ending of most elements, and this spelling is now in use elsewhere in the world. Aluminium was also the accepted spelling in the U.S. until 1925, at which time the American Chemical Society officially decided to use the name aluminum thereafter in their publications.

Answer 2

Aluminium is English way of spelling it, but the Americans spell it aluminum. I got both spellings from an English dictionary

Answer 3

The original name was "aluminium" but over time it has been shortened to "aluminum." This shortened version has stuck and that's what Americans have come to know it as. I believe in Europe/Great Britain it is still refered to as "aluminium" much more than "aluminum."

Either way, they are both names for the same element.

Answer 4

The word is spelled Aluminum, the metal foil we use for wrapping food and that's how the Americans pronounce it. British pronounce it Aluminium but It has the same meaning. I guess every culture has a different way of pronouncing things so we just have to live with it, nothing wrong with that! :)

Answer 5

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element in 1990, but three years later recognized aluminum as an acceptable variant. Hence their periodic table includes both, but places aluminium first. IUPAC officially prefers the use of aluminium in its internal publications, although several IUPAC publications use the spelling aluminum.

Answer 6

Aluminum

Answer 7

Aluminium. The spell check on work excepts this for English.

Answer 8

the reason that the americans spell aluminium (british spelling) Aluminum (American Spelling),is because when britian use to ship it to america, on the packing crates, they made a spelling mistake and sprayed (Aluminum insted of aluminium), and from that time the americans have always spelt it as (aluminum), but the true spelling is the british way.

Answer 9

Aluminium

Answer 10

Its Aluminium, Aluminum is just Americans pronouncing it strange like tomae-to instead of tomato.