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aluminium metal
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Smelting it uses so much power that it's nicknamed "solid electricity". Recycling it saves about 95% of that energy.
First appeared1825 (201 yrs ago)
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Smelting it uses so much power that it's nicknamed "solid electricity". Recycling it saves about 95% of that energy.
From the big bang to aluminium metal
The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.
big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Lilithium13.8 bn yrs ago
lithium brinedate unknown
battery1991
aluminium metal1825