Aluminium

Aluminium is a Steelworks product that can be used to manufacture Furniture, Household, and Hardware products.
==History==
Around 1400 BC the inhabitants of Armenia and the Southern Caucasus were already capable of producing welded steel and of covering surfaces with steel. Around 1000 BC the hard material came into use in the Middle East. This steel could be distinguished from ordinary iron by the fact that it contained less than 1.5% but more than 0.3 % carbon. As a result of this, it could be forged more easily. In order to achieve the appropriate carbon ratio, the Palestinians put iron bars into box stoves and heated them with charcoal powder to a temperature of approximately 1,000° C for about a week. In 1574 the term 'cement steel' first appeared in the work 'Test Art' by the German Lazarus Ercker. In 1754 the Englishman Henry Cort developed a steel roller which made traditional manual forging superfluous. Now flat, stick-shaped and profile rods could be manufactured automatically at high speed and in larger quantities. From 1783 on, the stove was replaced by a flaming furnace in which the charcoal was separated from the raw-iron. Later, a melting pot replaced the stove.
==Did You Know That?==
Aluminium dishes, aluminium foil and other everyday objects made of aluminium have flooded the global market since the discovery of the raw material in 1903. The metal is lighter and more robust, hygienic and heat-resistant than its predecessors tin and iron. 1947 saw the first use of wrapping foil made from aluminium. As well as being much thinner than conventional material, aluminium foil is also insulating and tear-resistant. Many new metals are born by chance, discovered as side products of space and aeronautics research.
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