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In 1825, Hans Christian Oersted, a Danish scientist, produced the
first aluminum. Oersted prepared aluminum chloride from alumina. He
then heated the aluminum chloride with an alloy of potassium and mercury,
and a small lump of impure aluminum formed in the alloy.
Approximately 85% of Meyer Aluminum Limited's output is in the form of circles,
making us the largest circle producer in the world.
Meyer Aluminum Limited started its first aluminum rolling mill in
the early 1950's.
Aluminum is the most plentiful metallic element in the earth's crust
and the third most common of all the elements, after oxygen and
silicon.
Pure aluminum is soft and has little strength. Thus, aluminum producers
almost always alloy (mix) it with small amounts of copper, magnesium,
zinc, and other elements to form aluminum alloys. The added elements
give aluminum strength and other properties that make it one of
the most useful metals.
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