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Post by shivan on Jul 15, 2014 12:29:46 GMT 10
Here is something out of my chemistry textbook i found interesting: "Reduction of bauxite, or indeed any aluminium compound to metallic aluminium is difficult and, as a result, the pure element was first isolated only in 1825 from reduction of AlCl3 with potassium. Its rarity for a time following this, ment that aluminium was more expensive than gold or platinum, and Emperor Napoleon III of France reputedly had aluminium dinnerware which was used for important guests."
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Post by jeffu on Jul 15, 2014 14:03:42 GMT 10
Good old Napoleon would be having a coronary right about now if he could see how much aluminium was littering everywhere.
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Post by shivan on Jul 15, 2014 16:45:53 GMT 10
Yea, i thought it was funny something so common now was worth a heap back then. Imagine coming forward in time from that period to now, it would be like walking round picking up rubbish made from gold.
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Post by nugget893 on Jul 15, 2014 17:00:36 GMT 10
Could you imagine what Napoleon was eat of then may have been now turned into a Coke Can. nugget893
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