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Ore, often lateritic, crushed and digested.
Aluminium · Leichtes Konstruktionsmetall aus Hall–Héroult-Zellen: Flugzeug, Dose, Fassade.
Making Aluminium is a chain: feedstock, conversion (Hall–Héroult 1886), forming, heat, finish, install.
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Ore, often lateritic, crushed and digested.
NaOH digestion, precipitation, calcination to Al2O3.
Reduction cells at ~950 °C in molten cryolite; carbon anodes consume.
Rolling ingots, extrusion billets or foundry remelt.
Hot/cold roll or extrude, then T4/T5/T6 ageing as specified.
Anodise, paint, clad, or leave mill-finish for cans.
Power-hungry; hydro and nuclear regions dominate low-carbon primary.
UBC and extrusion scrap take ~5% of primary energy.
High-Si castings for engines and e-motor housings.
Alclad: pure cladding over high-strength core for aero corrosion.
Feedstock to installed product.
Energy in, class out.
Do not treat aluminium beams like steel in a standard fire curve without analysis.
Stainless fasteners can pit aluminium in electrolytes.
Welded 6000-series needs design factors the mill sheet does not show.
Process energy and scrap quality belong in the carbon passport, not in a footnote.
Eisen–Kohlenstoff-Arbeitstier für Bau, Schiffe und Schienen — endlos umgeschmolzen.
Gesamt 66 ✈️Hohe spezifische Festigkeit und chloridfeste Filme.
Gesamt 58 🔶Der erste Industrie-Leiter: Kabel, Wärmeübertrager, grüne Dächer.
Gesamt 57 🍴Chrom-Passivfilme für Küche, Chemie und Fassaden.
Gesamt 64