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A detailed description of a substance termed alumen occurs in the Roman Pliny the Elder's Natural History. [8] By comparing Pliny's description with the account of stypteria (στυπτηρία) given by Dioscorides, [9] it is obvious the two are identical. Pliny informs us that a form of alumen was found naturally in the earth, and terms it ...
The English name alum does not come directly from Latin, whereas alumine/alumina comes from the Latin word alumen (upon declension, alumen changes to alumin-). One example was Essai sur la Nomenclature chimique (July 1811), written in French by a Swedish chemist, Jöns Jacob Berzelius , in which the name aluminium is given to the element that ...
In the 2000s, the BRIC countries' (Brazil, Russia, India and China) combined share grew from 32.6% to 56.5% in primary production and 21.4% to 47.8% in primary consumption. [141] China has accumulated an especially large share of world production, thanks to an abundance of resources, cheap energy, and governmental stimuli; [ 142 ] it also ...
Country Production in thousand tonnes Year World 70,000 2023 China 41,500: 2023 India 4,100: 2023 Russia 3,800: 2023 Canada 3,000: 2023 United Arab Emirates 2,700: 2023 Bahrain
It is derived from the Greek word alumen, meaning bitter salt, or the Latin alum, the mineral. [36] Gallium is derived from the Latin Gallia , referring to France, the place of its discovery. [ 37 ] Indium comes from the Latin word indicum , meaning indigo dye , and refers to the element's prominent indigo spectroscopic line. [ 38 ]
Presently, the Government of India holds a 51.28% equity stake in NALCO, [2] while the Ministry of Mines has administrative control over the company. It is one of the largest integrated bauxite–alumina–aluminium–power complex in the country, encompassing bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium smelting and casting , power generation ...
Aluminium alloy bicycle wheel. 1960s Bootie Folding Cycle. Aluminium alloys with a wide range of properties are used in engineering structures. Alloy systems are classified by a number system or by names indicating their main alloying constituents (DIN and ISO).
Hindalco Industries Limited an Indian aluminium and copper manufacturing company, is a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group. [5] Its headquarters are at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.