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Product & Market Info Aluminium (METAL
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Present Although this metal has only been in production commercially for about 150 years, it is one of the primary metals that is used in today's society, producing about 31 million tonnes in 1999.
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1700 - Charcoal was replaced by Coal as the heating fuel. This turned out to be a bad idea, as the Sulphur in the Coal made the iron brittle and practically useless. The solution for this problem came from an unlikely source; beer brewing (making). Beer brewers had had a similar problem with this, when they tried to use Coal instead of Charcoal, the result was a bad smelling beer. Coke was invented to solve this problem. Coke is made by taking out the Sulphur in...
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With the advent of steam and later diesel engines sailing boats were relegated to recreational and sports use. Wooden masts had been in use for many thousands of years and proved itself as a reliable means of carrying sail. Things changed in the 20th century as boats began to be built solely for speed and racing. Aluminium masts in dinghies were first seen after the Second World War. They were tried in the development class dinghies such as the international moth and the international 14. There...
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