Aluminium oxide is insoluble in water, so it must be molten to act as an electrolyte. However, the melting point of aluminium oxide is high. A lot of energy must be transferred to break its strong ...

Jovičević-Klug et al. 4 report a process for extracting iron (Fe) from red mud — a waste product of aluminium production that consists of iron(iii) oxide (Fe 2 O 3) mixed with the oxides of ...

The use of aluminium in wiring is unlikely to bring a smile to the face of anyone who has had to deal with it in a 1960s, or early 1970s-era house. The causes behind the fires and other accidents w… ...

The soft, malleable metal's alter ego is aluminium oxide, which forms a skin on the pure metal the moment it is exposed to air (and makes it unlikely that an aircraft will catch fire).

Aluminium Oxide (Al 2 O 3) or alumina is one of the most versatile of refractory ceramic oxides and finds use in a wide range of applications.. It is found in nature as corundum in emery, topaz, ...

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The electrolysis process, is energy intensive - electricity is used in the extraction of aluminium from aluminium oxide, which itself comes from the aluminium ore, or bauxite, mined out of the ground.

I’ll agree that the cover image looks a bit odd, but I don’t think the chemistry is too weird. They are turning a 100 nm film of aluminium (so about the same thickness as gold leaf) into its ...