•It was named after one of its most important compounds, alum.

•This element can be traced all the way back to the first century B.C. where it was used by Romans.

⏩They would put it on injuries to help it to heal.

•It was later mined in early Greece and then sold to the Turks.

⏩They used it to make a dye called "Turkey Red."

•Friedrich Wöhler was the first chemist that was able to produce pure aluminum in 1827.

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