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Aluminium foil (or aluminum foil in American English; occasionally called tin foil) is aluminium prepared in thin metal leaves. The foil is pliable and can be readily bent or wrapped around objects. Thin foils are fragile and are sometimes laminated with other materials such as plastics or paper to make them stronger and more useful.
Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the lithosphere at 82,000 ppm. It occurs in low levels, 0.9 ppm, in humans. [1] Aluminum is known to be an ecotoxicant and expected to be a health risk to people. Global primary production (GPP) of aluminum was about 52 million tons in 2013 and remains one of the world's most important metals.
A roll of aluminium foil. A foil is a very thin sheet of metal, typically made by hammering or rolling. [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]
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For all of NASA’s high-tech advancements, it may surprise you to know that the agency used regular kitchen aluminum foil to save one of its most famous missions.
Foil made from a thin leaf of tin was commercially available before its aluminum counterpart. [2] In the late 19th century and early 20th century, tin foil was in common use, and some people continue to refer to the new product by the name of the old one. Tin foil is stiffer than aluminum foil. [3]
Some metal leaves may look like gold leaf but do not contain any real gold. This type of metal leaf is often referred to as imitation leaf. [3] Metal leaves are usually made of gold (including many alloys), silver, copper, aluminium, brass (sometimes called "Dutch metal" typically 85% Copper and 15% zinc) or palladium, as well as platinum.
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