Alluminum

For my project i chose aluminum. Aluminum is a light weight silver colored meterial that can be formed into almost any shape. Aluminum is also a nonrenewable resource. Most minerals including Rocks, soil and other minerals contain aluminum compounds.

Aluminum itself is weak however aluminum alloy is strong as steel. Aluminum alloy is used for guard rails, tanks, airplanes, and trucks. The need for aluminum is very high in the military because of the armor on tanks, hummers, and plains. However the use for aluminum is pretty low and aluminum is the most plentiful resource in the world. Aluminum is used for gum wrappers, tanks, car rims, soda/beer cans, aluminum foil, and more. this car was built from aluminum.

In refining aluminum u need to refine bauxite. Refining bauxite separates the alumina in the ore from the iron oxide, silica, and titanium oxide. The first step of the Bayer process is mixing powdered bauxite with a solution of sodium hydroxide. Machines pump the mixture into large tanks. The tanks heat the mixture under pressure at 300 to 480 °F for about 30 minutes. they use aluminum to build tanks

Aluminum is mined from the ground therefore doesn't really have a ecosystem. I feel that people should conserve aluminum and recycle it along with the rest of the natural resources. Environmental impact is pretty low because there is so much bauxite to produce it. It is related to PA because of the usage of aluminum cans, foil, and a number of other products. conservation and management are pretty well under control with recycling and reusing aluminum products. This car has aluminum alloy rims

People use aluminum alloy to build strong structures such as this

we used aluminum alloy to build sputnik

this concludes everything i have to say on aluminum.