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Aluminum
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Physical
• Aluminum is a relatively
• soft
• durable
• lightweight
Appearance ranging from silvery to dull grey, depending on the surface roughness.
A fresh film of aluminum serves as a good reflector of light and infrared radiation.
Aluminum has about one-third the density and stiffness of steel.
Aluminum is remarkable for the metal's low density and for its ability to resist corrosion.
It is not soluble in water.
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How is aluminum made?
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How much do we save by recycling aluminium?
• Recycling aluminum saves 90-95 percent of the energy needed to make aluminum from bauxite ore.
• Recycling 33 aluminum cans saves about 7 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. With the energy it takes to make just ONE aluminum can from bauxite ore, you can make 20 recycled aluminum cans.
• The energy saved by recycling one aluminum can is enough to power a television set for three hours.
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Ideas to increase aluminum recycling!
• People need more information about the benefits of aluminum recycling.
• More containers where to put aluminum cans that can be recycled.
• Open more places, where people can hand in aluminum, so aluminum recycling would be more accessible.
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Amount of energy needed to produce aluminum?
Four tons of bauxite is needed to produce 1 ton of aluminum.
About 6.2 kWh (kilowatt-hours) of electricity is required to produce 1 pound of aluminum from alumina.
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How long can it last?
There are a lot of different answers floating around , but the most common answer is -
•it takes the average can 80-100 years to decompose.
•But, the recycling process takes only 6 weeks!