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Aluminium Direct Ltd
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Unit 1, Maylan Road
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Tel:(01536) 205880
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Corby, Northants
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Sales:(01536) 205888
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Fax:(01536) 403789 |
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Registered in England and Wales No. 5378022
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News
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A Brief History of Aluminium
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Aluminium Direct Ltd was formed in April 2005 by its co directors Lee Ashmore and Andy Hall: our aim is to offer our customers a one stop shop.Utilising our extensive knowledge within the aluminium extrusion and allied industries,we can offer assistance from initial ideas on the drawing board through to finished products.
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A Brief History of Aluminium
A short history of aluminium production
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1855
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Production from aluminium chloride using a potassium/mercury amalgam. Expensive and small scale |
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1886
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Paul Heroult (France) and Charles Hall (US), working independently, successfully make metallic aluminium from aluminium oxide ("alumina") using electricity |
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1888
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Karl Bayer (Germany) develops an improved method for aluminium oxide production from bauxite oreCommercial aluminium production by "Hall-Heroult" process begins |
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1900
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Production at 1,000 tonnes |
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2000
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Hall-Heroult process still in use. Production exceeds 30 million tonnes |
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