How Aluminum went from luxury to affordable overnight!

Aluminum used to be one of the most valuable metals, until Hall Perrault came up with a new method to separate the pure metal from ore.

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[itsGrzli]

Rip to that one guy who held on to his pile of aluminum waiting for the value to jump so he can be rich

[disguisegamer]

Napoleon from heaven seeing today's people covering their food in aluminium :- 😮

[mrjohnbrush]

Actually it was Napoléon III, not Napoléon Bonaparte, who used aluminum flatware.

[squishybrick]

Must've made one feel super manly to work at an alluminium smeltery/refinery.

Making giant ingots that could be handled so casually due to them being so light.

[tauneutrinoable]

Don't forget that "cheap" electricity (Teala's power plant at Niagara Falls was instrumental I believe) was also required

[crelos]

It went from a semi precious metal to something that you use to cover food once and then throw into the trash

[jdlover-cl]

me going back in time selling aluminum:

[SirBlicks]

If I was that guy, I would have produced a shit load just for myself and got rich as hell and then introduced it to the public 🤷🏻

[dog-xfmm]

and now they teach us how to obtain aluminium in high school chemistry 💀

[physics]

Worked for 2 years in an aluminium refinery. Right in the heart where liquid metals were formed in the pots.
Those were the days

[erickck]

Imagine having all your money in aluminum and they it goes down to 1$

[Irish]

Carbon casting aluminum oxide is called carborundum, which is created when the DuPont chemical company capitalizes on the aluminum extraction process developed in Niagara Falls in the mid to late 19th century

[JosukeHigashikataButPart]

Me on my way to the 1700s with a pile of Coca Cola cans:

[updateitbeforeitupdatesyou]

He was about to do something with the microwave

[sidharth]

The dude who discovered Aluminium was executed because the king he presented his new discovery to, was afraid this new metal could possibly be more expensive than gold and crash his wealth...

[Pilosofia]

You forgot to mention the other french guy who invonted the same thing in the same time and they saw each others but agree later te split the credit.

[bluemike]

Fun fact. For every pound of Aluminium created by this process, something like 1.4 lbs of a horrifyingly toxic by product called Red Mud is created. This stuff is lethal to all life, and must be stored in vast outdoor lagoons, which often leak and contaminate the surrounding landscape. This is why recycling is so important - every ounce of reclaimed aluminium prevents the growth of these red mud lagoons.

[demontan]

The people investing into aluminium a few weeks before this 💀

[innovationtalk]

Props to him not using that method for himself, and sharing it

[Mangoeplanter]

Imagine getting youre new expensive aluminium fork set just to discover the next day is worth now half a dollar☠️