GROUP ALUMINUM OUR STRENGTHS YOUR PROJECT OUR TEAMS NEWS CONTACT Aluminum - The discovery Aluminum: The discovery Aluminum, discovered shortly before the publication of Jules Verne's novel, revolutionized industry in the 19th, 20th and now 21st centuries. Today it is ubiquitous in everyday life and its properties make it the reference material for many industries and applications. A long French history Isolated for the first time by the French chemist Henri Sainte-Claire-Deville in 1855, the properties of aluminum already excited its discoverer: " a white and unalterable metal like silver, which does not blacken in the air, which is fusible, malleable, ductile and tenacious, and which has the singular property of being lighter than glass », But the extraction process he developed made aluminum in its early days an expensive metal, reserved for jewelry and watchmaking. It was not until 1886 that another Frenchman, the physicist Paul Héroult, developed the electrolysis of aluminum, the industrial process allowing aluminum to be extracted in large quantities and at lower costs. After several marketing failures, Paul Héroult finally turned to the company Alusuisse, at the origin of the Aluminum France Extrusion site in Saint-Florentin. To go further, visit the sites: French Aluminum Association Group of aluminum spinners Association for the development of anodized or lacquered aluminum Institute for the History of Aluminum Story From luxury metal to mass metal , Histalu Aluminum timeline, AFA Production From bauxite to alumina , Histalu Electrolysis , AFA Applications Aluminum objects , AFA Aluminum, revolution in transport , AFA Innovation The properties of aluminum , AFA The Créalu project , IHA Well ! so what to do? Elphiston said embarrassedly. - Use a metal other than cast iron. - Copper ? Morgan said. - No, it's still too heavy; and I have better than that to offer you. - What ? said the major. "Aluminum," replied Barbicane. - Aluminum! cried the president's three colleagues. - No doubt, my friends. You know that an illustrious French chemist, Henri Sainte-Claire Deville, succeeded, in 1854, in obtaining aluminum in compact mass. Now, this precious metal has the whiteness of silver, the inalterability of gold, the tenacity of iron, the fusibility of copper and the lightness of glass; it works easily, it is extremely widespread in nature, since alumina forms the basis of most rocks, it is three times lighter than iron, and it seems to have been created on purpose to provide us with the material for our projectile! - Hurray for aluminum! cried the secretary of the Committee Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon, 1865 Notice : Undefined index: thumbnail_url_2 in /home/afextrusrz/www/wp-content/themes/afe/sidebar-page.php on line 115 Notice : Trying to get property 'ID' of non-object in / home / afextrusrz / www /wp-content/themes/afe/sidebar-page.php on line 116 Historical Key figures Values and Commitments Certifications and Labels Discovery Benefits Our strengths Personalized support Testimonials Our talents Recruitment Management team News Contact Legal Notice Privacy policy Terms of Service © 2019 - Aluminum France Extrusion. All rights reserved By continuing to browse without changing your cookie settings, you accept the use of cookies to provide services tailored to your interests.OKNoFind out more