Group 13 Chemistry II Biological Aspects of Aluminum /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Roesky, H.W (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Atwood, David A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2002.
• Series: Structure and Bonding, 104
• Subjects: Inorganic chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Neurosciences.; Physical chemistry.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Biochemistry, general.; Cell Biology.; Physical Chemistry.

Aluminum, bound almost exclusively to oxygen in various combinations, is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust and, therefore, of great commercial potential. Once methods were developed (in the 1880's) to free useable quantities of the element from oxygen, applications for the eleme...