Aluminium Metal - The Highly Conductive Property
Aluminium metal is the most abundant in the earth's crust but found only in combination, chiefly as an ore called bauxite. It also occurs in gemstones such as topaz, garnet, ruby and sapphire. It is found combined in over 270 different minerals. The metal is highly conductive and has great thermal properties and these properties are used for the various needs of the industries. Aluminium is silvery-white in colour. The metal is used in various industries like building and construction, power transmission lines, photoengraving plates, cookware and other consumer goods, tubes for ointments and pastes. Global production of aluminium in the year 2005 was 31.9 million tonnes. This comes after iron consumption that was 837.5 million tonnes in the same year. Pure aluminium has a low tensile strength, but if they are processed with proper heat and mechanics, they can be the strongest metal. Alloys formed with copper, zinc, magnesium, manganese and silicon are used in various industries. Al...