Aluminium: Its History, Occurrence, Properties, Metallurgy and Applications, Including Its Alloys |
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... take no account of the large part of my estate which I have devoted , but am only too happy , if my efforts are crowned with definite success , in having made fruitful the work of a man whom I am pleased to call my friend - the ...
... take no account of the large part of my estate which I have devoted , but am only too happy , if my efforts are crowned with definite success , in having made fruitful the work of a man whom I am pleased to call my friend - the ...
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... take up the casting of aluminium and bring it into vogue as a current industrial operation , there is no doubt that the metal would be more freely used in the finer branches of practical mechanics . The prices per kilo quoted in the ...
... take up the casting of aluminium and bring it into vogue as a current industrial operation , there is no doubt that the metal would be more freely used in the finer branches of practical mechanics . The prices per kilo quoted in the ...
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... completely exhausted , con- siderable quantities of gas were withdrawn . The liberation of the gas from the metal seems to take * Sci . Am . Suppl . , Aug. 7 , 1880 . place suddenly towards a red - white heat . 200 52 ALUMINIUM .
... completely exhausted , con- siderable quantities of gas were withdrawn . The liberation of the gas from the metal seems to take * Sci . Am . Suppl . , Aug. 7 , 1880 . place suddenly towards a red - white heat . 200 52 ALUMINIUM .
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... take a very beautiful mat which keeps indefinitely in the air . It is obtained easily by plunging the surface for an instant in a very dilute solution of caustic soda , washing in a large quantity of last dipping in strong nitric acid ...
... take a very beautiful mat which keeps indefinitely in the air . It is obtained easily by plunging the surface for an instant in a very dilute solution of caustic soda , washing in a large quantity of last dipping in strong nitric acid ...
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... takes an ingot of the metal to get cold . We might even suggest that a plate of alu- minium would make a good chafing dish . Another experiment makes this conclusion very evident . M. Paul Morin had the idea to use aluminium for ' a ...
... takes an ingot of the metal to get cold . We might even suggest that a plate of alu- minium would make a good chafing dish . Another experiment makes this conclusion very evident . M. Paul Morin had the idea to use aluminium for ' a ...
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acid alkali alloy of aluminium alum alumina aluminium bronze aluminium chloride beauxite brittle calcining carbonic oxide cast cent charcoal charge Chem chemical clay color condenser containing cooling copper corundum Cowles Bros crucible cryolite cupelled decomposed deposit Deville Deville's dissolved double chloride earthen crucible easily electricity electrodes electrolysis experiments fluoride fluorspar flux formed Fremy furnace fused fusible fusion give globules grammes grms heated to redness hydrochloric acid hydrogen ingot iron kilos layer malleable manufacture mass melted method Mierzinski minium mixed mixture NaCl nitric acid obtained operation oxide patent placed porcelain potassium pounds powder precipitated producing aluminium properties pulverized pure aluminium quantity reaction red heat reduced residue retort reverberatory furnace Salindres salt silicon silver slag soda sodium sodium fluoride solder solution Stohman sulphate sulphide sulphur temperature tion Tissier tube vapor vessel volatile washing Wöhler zinc
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