Aluminum (CONFIRMED PLAYBOOK)
Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult independently discovered an economical way to extract aluminum via electrolysis. This Hall-Héroult process is still the primary method used today.
In the mid-1800s, pure aluminum was so rare that Napoleon III hosted state banquets where the most honored guests were given aluminum utensils while others used gold. aluminum
Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth’s crust (8.1%) and the most plentiful metal on our planet. Despite its ubiquity, it was once more valuable than gold because it is never found in its pure metallic form in nature—it is always tightly bound in compounds like bauxite. Aluminum is the third most abundant element in
Aluminum: The "Silver from Clay" That Built the Modern World aluminum
Aluminum salts were used for thousands of years in medicines and dyes.