2006-09-21 08:40:37 · 16 answers · asked by MegGC 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
I'm just clarifying - aluminum FOIL
2006-09-21 08:42:51 · update #1
element, it is just a thin version of aluminium.
2006-09-21 08:42:08 · answer #1 · answered by mojo2093@sbcglobal.net 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is Aluminum Foil An Element
2017-01-12 08:24:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me take this from the standpoint of a chemistry teacher.
Aluminum foil, even if formed from pure aluminum, would have to be kept in an air-free environment if it were to be kept pure aluminum, as aluminum will react with air (quite violently, if ground small enough), so the surface would VERY quickly react for form alumina (Al2O3), making it a compound.
Given that most aluminum foils are in fact not made from pure aluminum (to make it more pliable and less apt to tearing), it even further makes the answer to this question "Compound".
2006-09-24 21:31:21 · answer #3 · answered by T.M.I. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum is an element. Aluminum foil is usually about 99% aluminum. It is actually an alloy, but they just call it aluminum foil because it is so close.
2006-09-21 09:01:23 · answer #4 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure aluminum is an element. I have a feeling that aluminum foil is not pure aluminum and therefore would be a compound or an alloy.
2006-09-21 08:45:41 · answer #5 · answered by ~mj~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, the stuff in your kitchen is not PURE aluminum, just as gold jewelry is not PURE gold. It probably is a mixture of aluminum and another metal like tin. Aluminum and gold are very soft, coming from clays, and making anything out of pure forms of either of them would not hold under any strain. But obviously it's got some aluminum in there. You could contact the company for the precise percentages.
Well, sandra just topped me.
2006-09-21 08:48:01 · answer #6 · answered by pito16places 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Element
2006-09-21 08:47:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Pure aluminum is an element.
2006-09-21 08:43:39 · answer #8 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aluminum is an element, aluminum foil is man made
2006-09-21 08:46:25 · answer #9 · answered by JeenaBlahBlahBlah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typical aluminum alloys for commercial-grade foil include 1100, 1145, 3003 and 5052. They have varying purity levels with different added metals. (chiefly chromium, manganese and magnesium)
Elemental foil can be obtained with purity levels approaching 100% for lab use.
2006-09-21 09:07:58 · answer #10 · answered by Professor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is not risk-free to apply foil around the drip pan of an electric powered range ingredient. One, for all the justifications stated above. 2d. foil is steel. and conducts electrical energy. If the foil gets down next to the place the climate connect interior the range suited. And the foil is obtainable in touch with the two ingredient connections. you purely created a short circuit!! this would spark, reason electrocution, pop a circuit breaker/ or fuse, initiate a hearth with grease interior the foil....and so on. Pans are steel too. yet they can't are available in touch with the ingredient connections, via fact they stay to tell the story suited of the ingredient. additionally, if the electrical powered cooking ingredient looks worn, chipped, charred. replace it. via fact this could additionally grow to be an electric powered subject. So do not use foil on an electric powered range.
2016-12-18 14:28:16 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋