Aluminum in America
Author | : Quentin R. Skrabec |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2017-02-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781476625645 |
ISBN-13 | : 1476625646 |
Rating | : 4/5 (646 Downloads) |
Download or read book Aluminum in America written by Quentin R. Skrabec and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of aluminum: metallurgy, engineering, global business and politics--and the advance of civilization itself. The earth's most abundant metal, aluminum remained largely inaccessible until after the Industrial Revolution. A precious commodity in 1850s, it later became a strategic resource: while steel won World War I, aluminum won World War II. A generation later, it would make space travel possible and the 1972 Pioneer spacecraft would carry a message from mankind to extraterrestrial life, engraved on an aluminum plate. Today aluminum, along with oil, is the natural resource driving geopolitics, and China has taken the lead in manufacture.