The more pliable French aluminium is preferable to the brittle German article.
Then heat the whole liquid, when the excess of acetic acid is evaporated, we have the desired acetate of aluminium which can be used in the same way as alum water.
In the same moment that the paper soaked with alum comes in contact with the colors, the latter become bound by the formation of glycocholates of aluminium and do not run.
During this process a thin layer of insoluble soap of aluminium is formed around every particle of the paper and thus the running of the ink is prohibited.
Dissolve 1 pound of alum in 3 quarts of warm water, prepare another solution with the same quantity of soda, mix these two, whereupon the hydrate of aluminium is precipitated.
In the former case the ornaments are carefully penciled in with albumen solution, gold of a lighter hue, silver or aluminium is put on, and, when completely dried, is burnished.
A much finer fixing medium is the acetate of aluminium which can be easily produced.
If gilt, silver or aluminium edges are to be marbled, burnish slightly and moisten by a soft brush with a solution of powdered alum in hot water which is of the consistency of a thin pap.
Later in the day, passing through the ward, I saw him surrounded by five or six Parisian ladies who were showering sweets, cigarettes, and flowers on him, whilst he was responding by presenting each of them with an aluminium ring.
One noble son of Africa who was being treated in one of the hospitals once presented me with an aluminium ring made from a piece of German shell.
Thus by merely washing such fragments in cold distilled water, not only sodium and magnesium compounds but also those of aluminium and calcium may be removed.
The advantage of the Oscillating Recorder lies in the fact that a long lever, made of fine glass fibre, or of aluminium wire, may be employed for giving high magnification.
G] The leaf of Mimosa is attached to one arm of a light aluminium lever, L, by means of thread.
Some of the articles may be decorated with scrolls or arabesques in oil colours or enamels, or the lines may be covered with bronze powder, or with metal, gold, or aluminium leaf.
The filtered solution is boiled with an excess of ammonia which gives a gelatinous precipitate of aluminium hydrate.
You understand, aluminium cannot be soldered, but you could cover a hole by means of nuts and screws.
The boat was fifteen feet in length, with a beam of four feet amidships, tapering fore and aft, with a well in the centre, and the remaining space covered in with a light aluminium deck, strengthened by oak bends.
The shining aluminium boat answered to her helm, slipped through the muddy waters in a graceful curve, and then steadied for the straight course.
When I had secured this treasure, Molly drew my attention to a series of aluminium boxes made to fit eggs and sandwiches.
It consists of two of the cone shaped aluminium trays or plates and an electrolyte, which forms a condenser that will stand about 350 volts before breaking down.
A framework of aluminium rods and rings gave the bag a partial rigidity.
Marconi found that by connecting a kite or balloon covered with tinfoil by an aluminium wire with one of the balls, the effect of the waves was greatly increased.
British Aluminium Company, which are driven by electric power derived from the river Foyers, the intake being situated above the falls.
Iolite is a hydrous magnesium and aluminium silicate, with ferrous iron partially replacing magnesium.
This would slightly raise all the orthodox weights; thus aluminiumrises from 26.
Two segments are in each funnel, in fact the only two of group III a which do not show this arrangement, or a modification thereof, are aluminium and arsenic.
Bamboo canes cut thin and twisted together appeared to be the chief material, and of the metals aluminium was the only one to be seen.
The latter commenced or dates from the second half of the twentieth century, when it was first discovered how to produce aluminium in large quantities from common clay, old tiles, potsherds, china, and earthenware.
While Bacon had thus been endeavouring to enlighten me on a subject which after all I did not profess to understand, we had reached the aluminium railings of an elegant and lofty edifice, bearing the inscription, National Library.
Other catalytic agents have been recommended from time to time, including strontianite, lead oxide, caustic baryta, aluminium hydrate, but none of these is of any practical importance.
Oily applications to the skin and air purifiers, and chlorides of zinc and aluminium in the vessels receiving the expectoration, appear to be the proper measures.
A native double fluoride of aluminium and sodium, found in large quantities in Greenland, employed in the manufacture of alum, and also as a source of metallic aluminium.
Solution of chloride of aluminium 12 minims, water 1 fl.
Its formation on fusing aluminiumwith amorphous boron or boric oxide appears to take place more particularly when the heat applied is neither very strong nor long continued.
In properties gallium is more or less intermediate between the metals aluminium and indium.
Shell aluminium is a preparation of aluminium placed in mussel-shells for use, and is warranted to keep its colour without tarnishing.
The last constituent increases the heat of explosion and renders the mixture more sensitive both to detonation and to blows; it plays the same part as the aluminium powder in Ammonal.
A mixture of ammonium nitrate, trinitro-toluene and a little aluminium powder, used for charging trench-mortar bombs, etc.
It consists of ammonium nitrate, nitrated toluene and aluminium powder.
When the explosive is detonated, the aluminium is converted into the oxide, evolving no gas, but a considerable amount of heat, which increases the power of the explosive.
The aluminium powder also renders the explosive easier to detonate.
A German blasting explosive containing potassium perchlorate, zinc-aluminium alloy, aromatic nitrocompounds and some other constituents.
It generally consists of a mixture of about three parts oxide of iron with one part of aluminium powder, but other oxides and other metals are sometimes used.
The files ring inside, and we hear the jingle of aluminiumrings in the rough.
The meal finished, we clean our aluminium mess-tins or plates with a morsel of bread.
He has threaded the still formless disc of aluminium over a bit of rounded wood, and rubs it with the file.
The bodies, frames and aeroplanes of the aerodromes were strengthened by vertical and other supports, to which were attached aluminium wires to ensure absolute rigidity so far as that was possible.
The backbone was a light but very rigid tube of aluminium steel, 15 ft.
The wings, or aeroplanes, four in number, consisted of light frames of tubular aluminium steel covered with china silk.
The trouble was to make a non-magnetic lamp and the problem was finally solved by using one of the aluminium cooking pots; converting it into a blubber stove.
At the same time the aluminium sphere is released, and out it floats in the wind tugging at the spring.
The aluminium cooker, strapped on its box, was brightly polished on the weather side by the dry, drifting snow impelled by the furious winds.
The surface was easily broken and we fetched the aluminium cover of the cooker, filling it with three gallons of water, thus saving kerosene for almost a day.
The meat was roughly fried on the lid of the aluminium cooker, an operation which resulted in little more than scorching the surface.
An instrument-box was secured to the sledge near the rear and just forward of a Venesta or aluminium tray on which the kerosene contained in one-gallon tins was carried.
A small aluminium sphere was arranged to blow out at the end of a light cord exerting tension on a calibrated spring.
Aluminium does not alloy readily with solders at temperatures as low as other metals require; and, secondly, aluminium alloys with lead solders only with great difficulty, and with but a small proportion of lead at that.
The failure of tin is due to the fact that it forms with the aluminium an alloy that is decomposed by the action of the oxygen present in the air.
A table of the most approved aluminium solders is here given.
While there is no solder that allows aluminium to be soldered with the facility and success experienced with other metals, that of Richard’s is extensively used, and seems to have given as good results as any.
Thermit is an aluminium alloy whose combustion generates so much heat that the substance can be used for the welding of iron and steel.
Should a bit be used, see that it is of aluminium or nickel instead of copper, the point and the soldered joint being kept much cleaner whilst removing the film of oxide during the soldering operation.
The soldering of aluminium must be performed quickly to be satisfactory, as the metal, if not coated at the first attempt, may be injuriously affected.
This solder has withstood the test of time better than many of the patented solders, and can be used in jointing aluminium to aluminium, also aluminium to copper or brass, and without the use of a flux.
Almost as soon as aluminium was prepared on a large scale, it was discovered that the ordinary solders and fluxes did not answer with it.
Aluminium soldering presents so many difficulties that it has been thought desirable to devote a separate chapter to the subject.
The aluminium should be melted first, then the zinc, tin, and phosphor tin in the order named.
Bring back a dry cloth and thoroughly dry the aluminium strip.
The Prussian placed two aluminium cups upon the table and half filled one with brandy, then brimmed it with champagne.
The Prussian nodded, disappeared, returned with an aluminium cup of stale cold water mixed with a little brandy.
Aluminium steels show the same kind of phenomena as carbon ones, and the same may be said of chrome steels in the permanent condition, though the effect of the first cooling with them is a slight increase of magnetic moment.
It appears that argon is relatively more opaque to the Rontgen radiation than either oxygen, nitrogen or sodium, and is on a level with potassium, chlorine, phosphorus, aluminium and sulphur.
Some idea of the labour involved in its construction may be gathered from the fact that this small and insignificant-looking instrument, fitted in its aluminium case, costs over L8.
This vessel is, as we have seen, not dependent for its form on the gas-bag, but is maintained in permanent shape by means of an aluminium framework.
On the top of the gas-chambers was a platform of aluminium alloy, carrying a 1-pounder gun, and used also as an observation station.
When undertaking cross-country flights over strange land an airman finds his way by a specially-prepared map which is spread out before him in an aluminium map case.
The framework was made of specially light metal, aluminium alloy, and wood.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "aluminium" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
