Because at the time the price of aluminum was much higher than the price of platinum! This was because the only way known at the time to extract metallic aluminum from its ore were tedious chemical processes that could only yield tiny amounts for enormous effort.
This is the same reason that the tip of the Washington Monument is an aluminum pyramid.
However sometime after the Washington Monument was finished a new molten salt electrolysis process was developed that yielded massive amounts of metallic aluminum very inexpensively and the price of aluminum fell instantly to far less than plain common iron.
Bulk aluminum is usually a silver color. (Think aluminum foil.)
Silver
Silver is a better heat conductor than aluminum. Silver has a higher thermal conductivity, meaning it can transfer heat more efficiently. This is why silver is often used in applications where high thermal conductivity is important.
Air is not a good conductor of heat compared to aluminum, copper, and silver. Metals such as aluminum, copper, and silver have high thermal conductivity, allowing heat to transfer through them quickly, while air is an insulator and does not conduct heat as effectively.
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At that time aluminum was more precious than gold.
Kitchen pans are made of aluminum rather than silver for several reasons. Aluminum, although reactive, does not react as strongly as silver does. Silver also has a much lower melting point than aluminum and is more expensive.
Bulk aluminum is usually a silver color. (Think aluminum foil.)
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When aluminum sulfate reacts with silver nitrate, aluminum nitrate and silver sulfate are formed. This is because the aluminum ions in aluminum sulfate replace the silver ions in silver nitrate due to the reactivity of the metals.
It's the adjective silver-plated applied to masculine plural nouns, e.g. knives [cuchillos]. Cuchillos plateados = silver-plated knives.
Silver
When aluminum chloride and silver nitrate are mixed, a double displacement reaction takes place where aluminum nitrate and silver chloride are formed. Silver chloride is a white precipitate that can be observed in the reaction mixture.
The equation for the reaction between aluminum and silver nitrate is: 2Al + 3AgNO3 → 3Ag + 2Al(NO3)3. This reaction produces silver metal and aluminum nitrate.
Aluminum, with atomic number 13. Zirconium has 40 and silver 47.
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Gold is more dense than silver and aluminum. Gold has a density of 19.32 g/cm3, while silver has a density of 10.49 g/cm3, and aluminum has a density of 2.70 g/cm3.