The earth's crust consists of many natural chemicals including aluminium which makes up eight percent of our earth's outer layer. This metal can be found in many applications including every day cans, through industrial applications to complicated aeroplane parts. The heating industry has recently taken to aluminium because it conducts heat easily, is flexible and is very lightweight. Recently, in increasing numbers of central heating equipment manufacturers have been exploring ways to make radiators and other heating component out of aluminium.
Aluminium was first used by the Greeks and the Romans for dyeing, but the "true" form of aluminium (as opposed to the aluminium salts used by the Romans and Greeks) was first discovered in the late eighteenth century. Pure aluminium is actually quite hard to find. Even so, after half a century of experimentation with the metal, aluminium started appearing slowly but steadily in the industrial sector.
Today aluminium is used by everyone from packagers to jewellery makers to industrial experts. One of the reasons this metal is so popular is that it is very resistant to corrosion. Corrosion resistance is one of the properties, along with its flexibility and its light weight nature, that make it so easy to recycle again and again.
In recent years, many heating industry experts have been experimenting with aluminium for the various parts that make up heating and cooling mechanisms. Heating coils are one of the more popular products that have been made with aluminium. Copper tubes have been replaced with aluminium tubes with increasing frequency.
Over the last few years several manufacturers of central heating components have taken up this metal and started building radiators completely out of aluminium. Although still a minority, there are many customers that chose to purchase the aluminium radiators instead of traditional radiators because the aluminium radiators last longer and does not need as many repairs over the years. If the component does need repairing, the repairs can be carried out quickly because of the pliable nature of the metal.
Aluminium windows have also become very popular recently as they can help lower cooling and heating bills. Aluminium windows were designed to regulate a room's temperature by acting as a barrier and preventing the temperature outside from affecting the temperature inside. Research shows that buyers have reported that their heating and cooling bills have dropped drastically. Aluminium can also be used for heating and cooling by using aluminium foil to line ventilation ducts, refrigeration coils and the ventilations grilles in floor panels.
One is one of the most versatile materials in the Earth's crust. The vast deposits of Aluminium and its versatility make it the material of choice for many industrial manufacturers. The heating industry is just one industry that has proven that aluminium can be used for a large variety of products and they have begun using this metal is many applications for domestic and commercial customers. - 16003
Aluminium was first used by the Greeks and the Romans for dyeing, but the "true" form of aluminium (as opposed to the aluminium salts used by the Romans and Greeks) was first discovered in the late eighteenth century. Pure aluminium is actually quite hard to find. Even so, after half a century of experimentation with the metal, aluminium started appearing slowly but steadily in the industrial sector.
Today aluminium is used by everyone from packagers to jewellery makers to industrial experts. One of the reasons this metal is so popular is that it is very resistant to corrosion. Corrosion resistance is one of the properties, along with its flexibility and its light weight nature, that make it so easy to recycle again and again.
In recent years, many heating industry experts have been experimenting with aluminium for the various parts that make up heating and cooling mechanisms. Heating coils are one of the more popular products that have been made with aluminium. Copper tubes have been replaced with aluminium tubes with increasing frequency.
Over the last few years several manufacturers of central heating components have taken up this metal and started building radiators completely out of aluminium. Although still a minority, there are many customers that chose to purchase the aluminium radiators instead of traditional radiators because the aluminium radiators last longer and does not need as many repairs over the years. If the component does need repairing, the repairs can be carried out quickly because of the pliable nature of the metal.
Aluminium windows have also become very popular recently as they can help lower cooling and heating bills. Aluminium windows were designed to regulate a room's temperature by acting as a barrier and preventing the temperature outside from affecting the temperature inside. Research shows that buyers have reported that their heating and cooling bills have dropped drastically. Aluminium can also be used for heating and cooling by using aluminium foil to line ventilation ducts, refrigeration coils and the ventilations grilles in floor panels.
One is one of the most versatile materials in the Earth's crust. The vast deposits of Aluminium and its versatility make it the material of choice for many industrial manufacturers. The heating industry is just one industry that has proven that aluminium can be used for a large variety of products and they have begun using this metal is many applications for domestic and commercial customers. - 16003
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Tal Potishman, editor of Heating Central, writes articles about domestic heating, plumbers, Bournemouth boiler, underfloor heating and solar thermal. He specializes in helping save money by advising on efficient heating.
