Aluminum
This is the front side of the game card for Alumna the Aluminum Horned Unicorn. Click the pic to take a look at all the fun info on the back. Use it as a memorization tool, a trading card or as science class prizes and rewards.
Get the single element book – Aluminum Presented By The Unicorn Alumna.
Article – Alumna Presents Aluminum – https://sybrina.com/2024/01/28/alumna-presents-aluminum/
Article – The Magical Element – Aluminum – https://sybrina.com/2023/07/02/the-magical-element-aluminum/
Article – https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/industrial-metals-investing/aluminum-investing/aluminum-producing-countries/ – Top Producing Aluminum Countries
Article – https://www.ukessays.com/essays/chemistry/history-aluminum-4387.php – History of Aluminum
Article About Aluminum Discoverer – https://sciencenordic.com/chemistry-denmark-science-history/h-c-orsted-discovered-aluminium-but-he-did-not-take-his-discovery-seriously/1674429 – About H.C. Ørsted – Discoverer of Aluminum
Article – Fact Check Aluminum – https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/23/fact-check-aluminum-exposure-through-food-wont-cause-health-issues/3239457001/
Article – https://siliciumg5.com/blog/en/what-effects-does-aluminum-have-on-the-human-body/ – Effects of Aluminum on the Human Body
Article – Then and Now – Aluminum – https://sybrina.com/2024/01/17/then-and-now-the-periodic-table-element-aluminum/
Aluminum in Jewelry – https://www.wearableheritage.com/single-post/2017/03/16/aluminium-in-jewelry
Fact Sheet – https://www.chemicool.com/elements/aluminum.html
Fact Sheet – https://www.schoolmykids.com/learn/periodic-table/al-aluminium
Fact Sheet – Bauxite Ore Deposits – https://www.statista.com/statistics/264964/production-of-bauxite/
Video – https://youtu.be/p2cicHXMs1w
Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
Links and Notes for Alumna’s chemistry inspired magical abilities:
Reflectivity — grounding Alumna’s mirror-casting, shimmer-sight, and dazzling the marsh-crawlers:
- Reflectivity of Aluminum – Complete Guide
- Reflectivity of Aluminium – UV, Visible and Infrared
- Why Is Aluminum Such a Good Energy Reflector?
- Optical and radiating properties of aluminum (technical paper)
- Front Surface Aluminum Mirrors — LAYERTEC
Electrical conductivity — grounding her horn “reading resonance like a tuning fork” and elemental sensing:
- Electrical Conductivity of Aluminum – Complete Guide
- Is Aluminum Conductive? A Complete Guide for Engineers
- Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Aluminum Alloys — ScienceDirect
Shielding / separating signal from carrier — grounding the Chapter 8 “aluminum separates the archive’s data from its energy charge” plot device (this is your best real-world anchor, since it’s literally how foil shielding works):
- Does Aluminum Foil Protect Against EMF? — EMF Academy
- Top 5 Myths About Faraday Cages and Boxes Debunked
- Does covering something in aluminum foil act as a Faraday cage? — Factually
Lightweight strength — grounding why Alumna (aluminum) is “round,” agile, and transmutation-capable versus Iown’s (iron) density and rigidity:
- Aluminum: Properties, Uses and Why It’s So Widely Used — Metal Supermarkets
- Aluminium: a lightweight, recyclable and metallic material — Encyclopedia of the Environment
- Toward a Strong, Lightweight, and Ductile Aluminum Alloy — Advanced Photon Source (Argonne)
Aluminum in wind/energy infrastructure — grounding the Embralwind-mills and “No Metal, No Magic” grid tech:
Lighter, more durable wind turbine nacelles — Speira
Skin effect (why fields concentrate at a conductor’s surface — the physics behind her horn “reading” resonance and reflecting it):
- Skin effect — Wikipedia
- How Do Skin Effect and Skin Depth Impact EMI/RFI Shielding? — CEP Technologies
- Skin Effect and Surface Currents — In Compliance Magazine
Electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of metals (the general mechanism — reflection at the surface plus absorption within the material):
- Electromagnetic shielding — Wikipedia
- Electromagnetic Shielding — Unit Engineering
- Quantitative Interpretation of EMI Shielding Efficiency: Is It Really a Wave Absorber or a Reflector? — ACS Omega
Aluminum specifically as a shielding material (closest real-world analog to “aluminum absorbs the charge while letting the data pass”):
- Shielding effectiveness of multilayer laminate of aluminum metal matrix and micro absorbing materials — PMC
- Electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of aluminum foams with different porosity — ResearchGate
Author’s Fantasy License:
Real aluminum foil genuinely is used for electromagnetic/RF shielding because free electrons in the metal reflect and absorb electromagnetic energy at the surface rather than letting it pass through — which is a very close real-world analog to Alumna’s “I take the charge, the archive releases clean” trick.