Aluminum is one of our most widely-used metals, found in everything from beer cans to airplane parts. However, the lightweight metal doesn’t occur naturally, and producing it is a complex process. The ...

Aluminum has been mass produced the same way since 1886, when it was pioneered by Alcoa’s founder, Charles Hall. The process involves applying a strong electrical current to alumina, which removes ...

The aluminum used in Apple products ranging from iPhones to MacBooks could be more sustainably manufactured in as early as six years. The first aluminum manufactured with the new process Apple today ...

Purdue researchers demonstrate their method for producing hydrogen by adding water to an alloy of aluminum and gallium. The hydrogen could then be used to run an internal combustion engine. The ...

With its high strength to weight ratio and recyclability, aluminum is a popular material choice for automotive parts, like this demo part, which is modeled after an automotive inverter housing. But ...

A new treatment method for waste products generated in the aluminum smelting industry has been developed at Portland Aluminium, based in Victoria, Australia. The waste, spent pot lining has been the ...

George Putnam, CEO of Scandium International Mining Corp. commented: "HPA is becoming more widely recognized as a critical ingredient in a high-energy density lithium-ion battery. HPA is also ...

In 1889, recent college grad Charles Martin Hall devised a way to isolate metallic aluminum. __1889: __ Charles Martin Hall patents his process for using electrical current to extract metallic ...