Aluminium and the Age of Flight - Metal: How It Works - BBC Four

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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer... Morea bout this programme: www.bbc.co.uk/p... Professor Mark Miodownik reveals why aluminium became the metal that took us into the age of flight.
Professor Mark Miodownik travels to Israel to trace the history of our love affair with gleaming, lustrous metal. He learns how we first extracted glinting copper from dull rock and used it to shape our world. We see how our eternal quest for lighter, stronger metals led us to forge hard, sharp steel from malleable iron and to create complex alloys in order to conquer the skies.
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[@christophermcbride349]

How do we know you just didn't get weaker on the boat?

[@amanzazaden3977]

Where can I watch the full ones??? Thanks.

[@KimberlyJho-ann]

This is great for my homework! :v Long live to British people.

[@frackcha]

No, he is saying aluminium, its what we call it this side of the pond.. Its the same stuff tho...

[@frackcha]

I agree with the lancsFrogger... This is a very good show.. the episode on plastics was tremendous!! :D

[@sukrukaya31]

I really wonder who are those three dislikers :)

[@Eggmanjames]

defund the BBC campaingers probs

[@bhavarkumavat3202]

It is living metal indeed

[@lancsFrogger]

good show this. presenter is a bit nerdy but he really knows his stuff & the show gets into quite a decent level of depth, unlike some documentaries.
special effects could've done with a higher budget; not necessarily by much, by they're a definite weakness.
but either way, i'd happily sit through 10 episodes of this dude talking about materials. pity there's only 2 more

[@ahmedalsharoy-cc8ri]

How Aluminum hardening

[@epsisayidina2989]

This video deserve more exposure.

[@Moongazerr]

How can I watch the full version of this if I don't live in UK ?

[@rolandjacques649]

Soooooo, how do we harden aluminum?

[@nikitalemesh4488]

What's aluminium?

[@titaniumdiveknife]

Wonderful personality

[@Thothdjehuty100]

Why is Rickroll'd in the suggestions?

[@Dangerous_Brian]

Just been shown on the BBC again in the UK - any chance someone could put the whole episode on here?

[@farooq8fox]

Awesome

[@charliebaker1427]

aluminum

[@AbdullahAbdullah-dc5rt]

aluminium alloys is scratch proof