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Modern Marvels Aluminum /

This useful metal was once considered more valuable than gold. Watch as aluminum is stretched, pounded, melted and turned into foam. Did you know that aluminum is made out of a powder?

Other Authors: Infobase,, Arts and Entertainment Network.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : A&E Networks, [2007]
Distributed by Infobase,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (44 min., 12 sec)) : sound, color.
Subjects:
Chemical elements.
Chemicals.
Chemistry.
Physical sciences.
Summary: This useful metal was once considered more valuable than gold. Watch as aluminum is stretched, pounded, melted and turned into foam. Did you know that aluminum is made out of a powder?
Item Description: Originally released by A&E Networks, 2007.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 28, 2018.
Aluminum in America (5:09); Origins of Aluminum Foil (5:22); Discovery of Aluminum (1:56); Aluminum in Transportation (10:03); Baseball and Aluminum (7:27); Aluminum Imaging (7:33); Aluminum Shock Wave Absorption (5:24); Credits: Aluminum (0:35);
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This useful metal was once considered more valuable than gold. Watch as aluminum is stretched, pounded, melted and turned into foam. Did you know that aluminum is made out of a powder?
9 - 12, Academic/AP.
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Closed-captioned.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (44 min., 12 sec)) : sound, color.
Format: Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience: 9 - 12, Academic/AP.
Access: Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.

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