Interesting facts about aluminium

Aluminium and its alloys are among the most important materials in the manufacture of profiles, tubes, and metal sheets. Aluminium is the most common metal in the earth's crust, but being a base metal it is not found in its pure form. The most important raw material for alumiunium smelting is bauxite.
The red-brown mineral is found in Australia, Guinea, Brazil, and Jamaica amongst other places.

The production of aluminium from bauxite takes place in two stages: First the ore is cleaned of impurities resulting in pure alumina (aluminium oxide). The metal is then obtained in the subsequent molten electrolysis process.
Pure aluminium is a silver-white, relatively soft light metal, which is very ductile and malleable.

Aluminium has very good electrical and thermal conducting properties. It is relatively resistant to humidity and atmospheric oxygen. This is due to the thin layer of oxide that forms on freshly scarified aluminium within seconds and protects the aluminium underneath from further corrosion.

Aluminium is a metal with outstanding properties, and it is difficult to imagine everyday life and work without it. It is three times lighter than steel and can easily be compounded with many other materials. It defies the effects of weather and the environment for decades, and it can be recycled almost without limits!
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[HeAdGrAbZoMbIe]

@SuperMikebowen stop hatin'

[hategun101]

@SuperMikebowen so i gues since you didnt pick on the way he said buaxite you both pronounce it like twits and say boxite

[SuperMikebowen]

i only came here because i wanted to know how British people pronounced aluminum. you guys need to make words and STICK with them. you ditched soccer and aluminum.

[NightFiendOfDarkness]

where did you get the images from?

[iamzid]

@prototype9000 uh, ya. liked the element AL. <.< i know you posted that comment some time ago, but try to keep up...

[prototype9000]

@iamzid aluminum as in the periodic table of elements

[iamzid]

@prototype9000 maybe they just breathed in too many "non toxic" aluMINium fumes. haha

[eddiequest4]

He had me lovin' aluminum rrrrrright up until the health thing. It can, unfortunately, be somewhat of a neurotoxin. But aside from that (and the fact that it takes a tremendous amount of electricity to get it out of bauxite) I would say it is among the most wonderful elements we have.

[truthseeker911david]

What about the deadly poision byproducts (namely fluoride) produced in the manufacturing process then dumped into our water?

[prototype9000]

@Sgrunterundt even in british dictionarys original spelling of it is still the same also on table of periodic elements the original and current spelling of aluminum is still aluminum