chemistry presentation-Metals

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The metal was first produced in 1825 (in an impure form) by Dani
sh physicist and chemist Hans Christian. He reacted anhydrous al
uminium chloride with potassium amalgam and yielded a lump of
metal looking similar to tin.

Friedrich Wöhler was aware of these experiments and cited them, but aft
experiments of he concluded that this metal was pure potassium. He con
experiment in 1827 by mixing anhydrous aluminium chloride with potas
aluminium.

Charles Martin Hall in the U.S. and Paul Héroult of France independently
developed the Hall-Héroult electrolytic process that made extracting
aluminium from minerals cheaper and is now the principal method used
worldwide.
Aluminum is a light metal, the density is only about a third of iron. Pur
e aluminum is silvery white, because in the air easily combined
with oxygen in the surface of dense oxide film (alumina Al2O3), it is u
sually slightly silver-gray, usually we can see that the aluminum
products, have been oxidized. While the oxide film but also less
susceptible to corrosion of the aluminum.

Aluminum can with dilute acid (such as diluted hydrochloric acid,

sulfuric acid, etc.) for the reaction of hydrogen and the corresponding a
luminum salts, but generally needs to be removed or rapid oxide film
into the acid solution after friction. Different metals in general, it can re
act and alkali to form a partial aluminate and hydrogen.
 The reduction of aluminum at high temperatures, extremely, can be use
high melting point metal (metal smelting methods such as "aluminum

Al-rich malleable, can be made into aluminum foil, for packaging Alumin
, so it can be recycled, but the recovery rate is not high Corrosion resist
and excellent appearance of the texture of good, affordable, is the com
election material.

The quality of light aluminum alloy and high intensity, usually of industria
l, which in the manufacture of airplanes, cars, rockets are widely used .
Aluminium is 100% recyclable without any loss of its natural qualities. R
the metal via recycling has become an important facet of the aluminium

Recycling involves melting the scrap, a process that requires only 5% o

to produce aluminium from ore, though a significant part (up to 15% of
Is lost as dross (ash-like oxide).

In Europe aluminium experiences high rates of recycling, ranging from

cans, 85% of construction materials and 95% of transport vehicles.
 Despite its natural abundance, aluminium has no known function in liv
presents some toxic effects in elevated concentrations.

Its toxicity can be traced to deposition in bone and the central nervous
particularly increased in patients with reduced renal function. Because
competes with calcium for absorption, increased amounts of dietary alu
contribute to the reduced skeletal mineralization (osteopenia) observed
and infants with growth retardation. In very high doses, aluminium can
and is associated with altered function of the blood-brain barrier.
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