@GreenMonkeyMagic It's because in the US it was spelled aluminum for 70 years, and continues to be spelled like that today despite the official element name being standardized to aluminium. In fact, my spell checker just tried to tell me that aluminium is spelled wrong, and should be aluminum.
@GreenMonkeyMagic It's because in the US it was spelled aluminum for 70 years, and continues to be spelled like that today despite the official element name being standardized to aluminium. In fact, my spell checker just tried to tell me that aluminium is spelled wrong, and should be aluminum.