Washington Mills has developed a process that will allow the company to collect spent aluminum oxide grit and recycle it back into its manufacturing process. The company estimates that more than ...
Sometimes you come across a purported scientific paper that makes you do a triple-check, just to be sure that you didn’t overlook something, as maybe the claims do make sense after all. Such is the ...
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCIV) — A white powder-like substance on cars and homes in Goose Creek has many people questioning the safety of their air quality. Century Aluminum experienced filtration equipment ...
Aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3), also known as alumina, corundum, sapphire, or ruby, is one of the best insulators used in a wide range of applications: in electronic components, as a support material for ...
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) – More than a dozen people have filed a class action lawsuit against Century Aluminum over recent aluminum oxide (alumina) dust emissions. Residents in Goose Creek began ...
Researchers from the Ateneo de Manila University and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology made transparent aluminum oxide (TAlOx) by applying microdroplets of acidic solution onto ordinary ...
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Aluminum and mercury

When mercury is added to aluminum, it forms an amalgam (a mercury alloy). Aluminum is normally protected by a thick oxide layer, but the formation of the amalgam disrupts it. It allows fresh aluminum ...