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>Looking back at Aluminium, it was once very costly - there was no economical way to extract it from clay by traditional metallurgy. Supposedly Napoleon III ha
by zardo 5y ago
>Looking back at Aluminium, it was once very costly - there was no economical way to extract it from clay by traditional metallurgy.
Supposedly Napoleon III had aluminum tableware for his most honored guests, and gold for everyone else.
- aurizon 5y agoYes, It was very hard to liberate Aluminum from oxygen with his level of chemistry...