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Q: Why is gold more expensive than aluminum?
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Why did Napoleon 3 use aluminum dinnerware?

Aluminum used to be more expensive than gold. In Napoleon's time the chemists hadn't discovered a good way to purify aluminum so pure aluminum was expensive and rare. Aluminum used to be a status symbol because it was more expensive and rarer than gold.


Why is gold more expensive then aluminum?

because they make most all of the alluminum used


Why was aluminum more expensive than gold in 1886?

Aluminum does not occur in nature as a solid metal. It is produced by man in several processes which require lots of energy. These processes were not invented until the 1880's. So, until then, aluminum was scarcer than gold and therefore more expensive.


Gold is metal so is aluminum why is gold so expensive and aluminum so cheap?

Gold is much rarer (i.e. there is less of it and what there is is harder to find) than aluminum. There is also demand for gold due to special properties that it has that aluminum doesn't that increases the price. Gold is a much more attractive metal than aluminum. Gold does not corrode, while aluminum almost instantly corrodes on contact with air or water producing a hard transparent insulating coating on its surface.


Which is more expensive titanium or gold?

Gold is tremendously more expensive than titanium.


Is aluminum reactive than gold?

Aluminium is more reactive than gold.


Why is copper more expensive than gold?

You are wrong. Copper is NOT more expensive than gold.


What is the disadvantage of aluminum?

Aluminium is more expensive than steel


Why is gold more expensive than iron?

gold is more expensive than iron simply because iron is more common and gold is also a purer metal


Are aluminum prices rising?

compared to a hundred years ago, no, as aluminum was more expensive than silver than.


Which is more expensive white or yellow gold?

Pure yellow gold is more expensive than an alloy.


Does silver cost more than gold?

No, gold is more expensive than silver as it is more rare