Soil To Foil
Aluminum and the Quest for Industrial Sustainability
Saleem H. Ali, Tigard Lib, 669.722 ALI
Some interesting insights, some filler.
- p100 Cryolite, sodium hexafluoroaluminate, refractive index like water, "low melting point" 1000C (p89)
p137 British Common Law Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coleum et ad infernos ("whoever's is the soil, it is theirs all the way to heaven and all the way to hell") Later amended to exclude mineral rights, but including mineral rights in the colonies/US
p176 Vinay Dewan Chairman Bramco Group
- processing of waste materials into products