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Author Archives: Peter Pollak , Former head of Electrical Services & Product Standards at The Aluminum Association (35 years)

Downstream Aluminium

Flipping the switch from copper to aluminium: How electrification’s next era is reshaping material choices

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The world has been undergoing electrification for the past 140 years. During the first 60 years, copper, a heavy metal, was used for electrical construction. It wasn’t the best conductor material because of its relatively low conductance per pound, but its abundance led to its exclusive use during the initial six decades of the electrical […]

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End User Primary Aluminium

Aluminium’s electrical future: Never let your competitor (copper) define you

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Sounds like good advice, yet that is what is occurring with aluminium in the electrical marketplace.  A copper industry standard is being used to define aluminium. It is like someone promoting themself by saying that their competitor came in next to last in a 2-man race.  Figure1. Two-man race Absurd, yes, yet people are literally […]

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