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The typical aluminum alloy in the sides of a beverage can incorporates by weight 1 percent magnesium, 1 percent manganese, 0.4 percent iron, 0.2 percent silicon, and 0.15 percent copper. To increase the lid's strength, manufacturers reduce the amount of manganese in the aluminum alloy, while increasing the amount of magnesium. The magnesium content can reach a full 2 percent of the alloy's weight, with the manganese content being reduced to a trace. While this shift in alloy content makes the lid stronger, it also makes it significantly heavier. For the bottom part, we stick with the alloy we've used for the sides and have a concave shape.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 13y agoAluminum cans are made of aluminum.
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∙ 12y agoBecause it holds it's temperature real well and its cheap
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∙ 9y agoAluminum is used because it is more resistant to corrosion
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∙ 14y agoIt's low weight, easy to form, and can be hygienically treated.
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∙ 11y agoAluminum is used in beverage cans because it's strong, light and incorrodable.
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∙ 11y agoBecause aluminium is non toxic, don't react with foods, it is malleable, it is not expensive, it is easy recyclable.
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∙ 9y agoThe biggest reason is that aluminum is very cheap and is recyclable.
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∙ 14y agoBecause it is harder .
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What metal is used to make soda cans?
The metal that is commonly used in a can is iron. lol xxxxxx^^^^^^Don't Like Lol'sOk, Aluminium is one. By the way did you ask this from the CGP questions?
Why are carbonated beverage cans made with a different aluminum alloy than the pull tabs are?
because the pull tops are dissolved with different metals so they can bend. :P :) :D ;)
Do aluminum cans and iron cans are solution or mixture?
are aluminum cans and iron cans a mixture or a solution
Is neptunium in aluminum cans?
Any link between neptunium and aluminium cans.
Is the soda can aluminum?
Soda cans are made of aluminum because it is cheap to make and easy to recycle.
Which element makes beverage cans that are recyclable?
Aluminum.
Is a can magnetic?
Some are some aren't. If they are made of steel as some juice cans and a few other beverage cans are they will be. If they are made of aluminum as almost all beverage cans are they will not be.
Is a drink can magnetic?
Some are some aren't. If they are made of steel as some juice cans and a few other beverage cans are they will be. If they are made of aluminum as almost all beverage cans are they will not be.
Are aluminum reactive with beverage?
With some beverages yes that is why the cans are lacquered.
What cans contain bisphenol A in the lining?
Aluminum cans contain Bisphenol A in the lining. This is known to cause cancer in large doses. This is also the reason a beverage in an aluminum can might taste like metal.
Is aluminum a element?
Yes, It has always been so-considered. Tin is an element also most beverage cans, ar eof course aluminum, but people still call them(Tins) and (tin Cans)
How is aluminum used today?
CANS
How magnets are used to sort steel and aluminum cans?
the aluminum cans don't attract and and steel attracts because its is made of iron and aluminum is not.
What metal is a coke can made of?
sorry,but i do really really really absolutely know what is the answer to this hard and so difficult question.....................
What is used to make drink cans?
an element used to make soft-drink cans is aluminum
What are tin cans made from?
Mostly now, aluminum is used to make cans.
If 12 million cans were formed into a sphere what would its radius be?
It would greatly depend on what size cans and of what material they were made. Aluminum 12oz beverage cans would not cover as big a sphere as far as Number 10 food cans.
