Aluminum Aluminum was the first discovered by Danish chemist Christan Oersted in 1825 using a chemical process involving potassium amalgam. The process was later improved by French chemist Friedrich Wohler by using metallic potassium. Woholer was also the first person to measure the specific gravity of aluminum. Pure aluminum is found in an ore called bauxite. IT is estimated that aluminum is formed on about 8% of the earth's surface. Of all the metallic elements aluminum is the most abundant. Aluminum is a light weight metal with a bright silver luster. It's symbol is Al. Aluminum has a density of 2.70 and an atomic mass of 26.983. At a