A metal can
By: Sarah Ridley
Series: How it's made
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780749660604
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Metal trade; Metal containers
Description: Simple text and photographs follow the story of a metal drinks can from the aluminium it's made from to the finished product. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: This can is made from a metal called aluminium; title: Aluminium comes from a type of rock called bauxite; title: The aluminium pours into moulds; title: The reels of aluminium arrive at the can-making factory; title: The cups pass into the next machine; title: It is time to print a design on the cans; title: A machine sprays each can with lacquer; title: The cans are each given a neck; title: The cans get a final check; title: The can ends are made at a different factory; title: The cans and their ends arrive at the filling factory; title: How a metal can is made; title: Metal cans; title: Recycling aluminium; title: Other uses for aluminium.