How Aluminium Is Made Animation -

This is a story of transformation—how a crumbly red rock from the earth becomes the sleek, silver metal in your soda can or smartphone. Act I: The Earth’s Rusty Treasure

These crystals are baked in a rotary kiln at over 1,000°C [1, 6]. How Aluminium is made animation

Massive carbon rods (anodes) are lowered into the vat, and a colossal electric current—hundreds of thousands of amperes—is surged through the liquid [1, 6]. This is a story of transformation—how a crumbly

The crushed bauxite enters a high-pressure "pressure cooker" filled with hot caustic soda [1, 6]. The crushed bauxite enters a high-pressure "pressure cooker"

The electricity rips the oxygen away from the aluminum. The oxygen bonds with the carbon rods and floats away as CO2, while the pure, heavy molten aluminum sinks to the bottom of the vat [1, 6]. Act IV: The Final Form

The remaining clear liquid is cooled, causing white crystals to settle out [1, 6].