Explore how the atomic structure of a metal determines its properties ... Once he removes the aluminum and joins the two halves, a bell-shaped space remains on the inside, ready to accept the ...

The electronic configuration of Aluminum is (Ne)(3s) 2 (3p) 1, and it has an atomic radius of 0.143 nm. At room temperature Aluminum has the face-centered-cubic crystal structure with a basis of one ...

Their crystalline structure allows them to be 'worked' to make them stronger. Mark Miodownik describes the advantages that metal had over earlier substances used by humans such as rock and bone ...