Question

Does alluminium react with other elements?

Answer 1

Aluminium will burn in oxygen with a brilliant white flame to form the trioxide alumnium(III) oxide, Al₂O₃.

4Al(s) + 3O₂(l) → 2Al₂O₃(s)

Aluminium metal reacts vigorously with all the halogens to form aluminium halides. So, it reacts with chlorine, Cl₂, bromine, I₂, and iodine, I₂, to form respectively aluminium(III) chloride, AlCl₃, aluminium(III) bromide, AlBr₃, and aluminium(III) iodide, AlI₃.

2Al(s) + 3Cl₂(l) → 2AlCl₃(s)

2Al(s) + 3Br₂(l) → Al₂Br₆(s)

2Al(s) + 3I₂(l) → Al₂I₆(s)