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  2. Aluminium foil - Wikipedia

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    Candies in aluminium foil packaging. Aluminium foil is widely sold into the consumer market, often in rolls of 500 mm (20 in) width and several metres in length. [14] Aluminium foil is also used for barbecuing delicate foods. [15] As with all metallic items, aluminium foil reacts to being placed in a microwave oven.

  3. Silver - Wikipedia

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    Ternary alloys have much greater importance: dental amalgams are usually silver–tin–mercury alloys, silver–copper–gold alloys are very important in jewellery (usually on the gold-rich side) and have a vast range of hardnesses and colours, silver–copper–zinc alloys are useful as low-melting brazing alloys, and silver–cadmium ...

  4. Amalgam (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Aluminium can form an amalgam through a reaction with mercury. Aluminium amalgam may be prepared by either grinding aluminium pellets or wire in mercury, or by allowing aluminium wire or foil to react with a solution of mercuric chloride. This amalgam is used as a reagent to reduce compounds, such as the reduction of imines to amines.

  5. Metallic fiber - Wikipedia

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    Metallic fibers are manufactured fibers composed of metal, metallic alloys, plastic-coated metal, metal-coated plastic, or a core completely covered by metal. [ 1 ] Having their origin in textile and clothing applications, gold and silver fibers have been used since ancient times as yarns for fabric decoration.

  6. History of aluminium - Wikipedia

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    Aluminium alloys found many uses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For instance, aluminium bronze is applied to make flexible bands, sheets, and wire, and is widely employed in the shipbuilding and aviation industries. [101] Aviation used a new aluminium alloy, duralumin, invented in 1903. [102]

  7. NASA used kitchen aluminum foil to save a legendary ... - AOL

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    So NASA’s scientists wrapped the cables in a whole lot of aluminum foil and found that in 1979 Voyager 1 had safely swung past Jupiter and would continue on its legendary journey. Show comments ...

  8. Foil (metal) - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Foils are most easily made with malleable metal, such as aluminium, copper, [3] tin, and gold. Foils usually bend under their own weight and can be torn easily. [2] For example, aluminium foil is usually about 1 ⁄ 1000 inch (0.025 mm), whereas gold (more malleable than aluminium) can be made into foil only a few atoms thick, called ...

  9. List of named alloys - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of named alloys grouped alphabetically by the metal with the highest percentage. Within these headings, the alloys are also grouped alphabetically. Within these headings, the alloys are also grouped alphabetically.