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Two millennia ago, the jeweler brought to the Roman Emperor Tiberius an aluminum plate, for which he was executed, as the Emperor was afraid that this metal will create competition to gold and silver.

Blanket, covered with a thin layer of aluminum is used in the case of accidents, it protects the individual against the  heat and cold for 20 hours. At the same time it  weighs only 50 g  and takes a little more space, than a cigarette packet.

Regeneration of the skeleton and cartilage in our body - it is the task of aluminum. 

Aluminum is mentioned in the novel "What?" by N.G. Chernyshevsky. One of his characters says that it is the future. 

5% of the atoms constituting the surface of our planet - is aluminum. 

Regeneration of the skeleton and cartilage in our body - it is the task of aluminum. 

Every day we need 2.45 mg of aluminum as nutrition.

Aluminum is the 3rd of the elements, contained in the earth's crust. 

In 1892 in London the Eros statue in aluminum was erected, which stands there up to day, as a monument to the durability of this metal.

From small arms attacks aluminum armor protects better than steel one.

First factories producing aluminum, appeared in 1888 in France and the United States. 

Many precious compounds contain aluminum: ruby, sapphire, topaz, garnet, emerald, alexandrite and others. 

Aluminum hydroxide is used for the treatment of gastritis, heartburn and stomach ulcers. 

Apples also contain aluminum necessary for our organism - up to 150 mg / kg.

In the middle of the XIX century, the decorations of aluminum was a fixture of an every self-respecting lady. 

In the XIX century D.I. Mendeleev as a sign of his achievements,  received as a gift a precious cup of aluminum. 

In the food industry the E173 element – is aluminum.

In the USSR the aluminum as armor was used first  in aviation for the protection of aircrafts against small arms. 

The first pure aluminum were obtained in 1825 by  Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted. However, in the open air, the metal  immediately covered with a thin oxide film. 

Wires and cables are made of aluminum, as it is well conductive.

Napoleon III, accepting important guests, serve them cutlery made of aluminum. Others, less distinguished guests were content with gold and silver.

Aluminum is about 9% of the mass of the crust. 

Aluminum is very active, and therefore found in nature only as a compound with other elements. 

The first aluminum ingot was obtained in the USSR in 1932, since than the construction of plants for its production has begun.

Aluminum is always covered with an oxide film, which protects it from corrosion and oxidation. That is why it is so popular in the industry.

An aluminum powder is used in paints as a pigment.

At the current time, in the. arms industry of the USA, Russia, Great Britain, Korea and Italy  are used the armor made of aluminum alloys. It is used to  cover tanks, combat vehicles, aircrafts, ships and missiles. 

In the aluminum industry began to be used only in the end of XIX century. 

Japanese jewelers use aluminum instead of silver. 

During the Second World War in Italy the aluminum has been extracted from the lava of Vesuvius.

In 1925, the ANT-2 made of duralumin was tested for the first time  , which proved that it is promising. 

From the 1960s. aluminum armor was used for light tanks and light armored fighting vehicles: BMD, BRM, BMP. 

Our body contains 0.14 g of aluminum.

Aluminum is used even in the propellant as a fuel component, since it emits a lot of heat during combustion. 

An aluminum spoon can rectify AC :)

In the XIX century the aluminum production was so expensive,  that it was more expensive than platinum and gold. 

On the Moon and Mars the aluminum is also presented.