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 ...

The structure has face-centered cubic symmetry, and is a little heavy to understand. The general formula is AB 2 O 4. The oxygens form an fcc lattice. The A cations occupy tetrahedral holes, and the B ...