Aluminium - Periodic Table of Videos
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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about aluminium (or aluminum), a metal once as precious as gold, now used for wrapping a sandwich.
When aluminum was first isolated (beginning of the 19th century), it was highly valued. Did you know that Napoleon III of France gave a banquet where the most honored guests were given aluminum utensils, while the others were made to use gold?
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