Aluminium
material · 1886 · Electric age
A light metal; cheap production came with the Hall–Héroult process.
Inventors: Hans Christian Ørsted, Humphry Davy.
Principles and materials it uses
- Hall–Héroult process — uses. Producing aluminium.
- Bauxite — is made of. The ore.
- Extrusion — uses. Aluminium profiles.
Where it is used
- Duralumin — is material for. Aluminium with copper.
- Bicycle frame — is material for. Aluminium frames.
- Non-stick pan — is material for. An aluminium body.
- Alloy wheel — is material for. Aluminium alloy.
- Electrolytic capacitor — is material for. Aluminium foil with an oxide.
- Heat sink — is material for. Aluminium or copper.
- Aluminium can — is material for. Aluminium.
- Aluminium foil — is material for. Aluminium.
- Aerosol can — is material for. The can.
- Carabiner — is material for. Aluminium.
- Hang glider — is material for. The frame.
- Supercharger — is material for. The housing is aluminium.
- Dish antenna — is material for. The dish is aluminium.
- Electricity meter — is material for. An aluminium disc rotates.
- Wing — is material for. Later — aluminium alloys.
- Power line — is material for. The conductors are aluminium with a steel core.
- Electric drill — is material for. The housing is aluminium.
- Electric bicycle — is material for. The frame is aluminium.
- Aeroplane — is material for. The skin is aluminium.
- Wright Flyer — is material for. The engine crankcase is cast aluminium.
- Hydrofoil — is material for. The housing is aluminium.
- Outboard motor — is material for. The housing is aluminium.
- Aileron — is material for. Later — aluminium.
- Sports car — is material for. The body is aluminium.
- Cockpit — is material for. The housing is aluminium.
- Seaplane — is material for. The floats and body are aluminium.
- Hair dryer — is material for. The body of the first hair dryers was aluminium.
- Flaps — is material for. Flaps are aluminium.
- Condenser microphone — is material for. The diaphragm is thin metal.
- Enigma — is material for. The rotors are aluminium and Bakelite.