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Definition of Aluminium foil

1. Noun. Foil made of aluminum.

Definition of Aluminium foil

1. Noun. (AU NZ British) A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminium used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Aluminium foil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Aluminium: Its History, Occurrence, Properties, Metallurgy and Applications by Joseph William Richards (1896)
"Tissier confirmed the latter method, adding that if the aluminium foil used is not very thick it becomes amalgamated throughout and very brittle. ..."

2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1905)
"The range of Ra, as found by the aid of aluminium foil, was 3'26, ... Both measurements with aluminium foil are too low, and the one with tin foil is too ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer, Harold Govett Colman, Arthur Harden (1907)
"If a fine aluminium wire be wound round a piece of charcoal, the metal burns brightly with the charcoal in oxygen, and if a piece of thin aluminium foil or ..."

4. Elderhorst's Manual, Rewritten and Revised: Manual of Qualitative Blowpipe by William Elderhorst (1881)
"EXAMINATION ON CHARCOAL OR aluminium foil. 21. A small quantity of the substance is placed in a shallow cavity near to the edge of the coal, which is held ..."

5. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1908)
"V. Experiments on the Absorption and Reflection of ft Rays by aluminium foil. A. Measurements on transmitted rays. A series of readings was also made with a ..."

6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"At Fa square hole is cut out of HH, and into this fits loosely without touching, like a trap door, a square piece of aluminium foil having a projecting tail ..."

7. A System of Physical Chemistry by William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis (1916)
"... the active preparation was covered with successive layers of aluminium foil the ionisation produced in the air chamber above the foil being determined ..."

8. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"aluminium foil AND POWDER, Mann. facture of. The following is an account of ... In the manufacture of aluminium foil the metal, delivered to the works in ..."

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