An fara gano Aluminum a matsayin wani sinadari ne a shekarar 1782, kuma karfen ya sami daraja sosai a kasar Faransa, inda a cikin shekarun 1850 ya fi kyan gani fiye da zinariya da azurfa na kayan ado da kayan abinci. Napoleon III ya yi sha'awar yuwuwar amfani da soji na ƙarfe mara nauyi, kuma ya ba da kuɗin gwajin farko a cikin hakar aluminum. Ko da yake ana samun ƙarfe da yawa a cikin yanayi, ingantaccen tsarin hakar ya kasance mai wuya ga shekaru masu yawa. Aluminum ya kasance mai tsada sosai don haka ba shi da ɗan amfanin kasuwanci a cikin ƙarni na 19. Nasarar fasaha a ƙarshen karni na 19 a ƙarshe ya ba da izinin narkar da aluminum da rahusa, kuma farashin ƙarfe ya faɗi sosai. Wannan ya share fagen bunkasa amfani da karafa na masana'antu.

Ba a yi amfani da aluminum don gwangwani na abin sha ba sai bayan yakin duniya na biyu. A lokacin yakin, gwamnatin Amurka ta yi jigilar giyar da yawa a cikin gwangwani na karfe zuwa ga ma'aikatanta a kasashen ketare. Bayan yakin an sake sayar da mafi yawan giya a cikin kwalabe, amma sojojin da suka dawo sun ci gaba da sha'awar gwangwani. Masu masana'anta sun ci gaba da sayar da wasu giya a cikin gwangwani na karfe, duk da cewa kwalabe suna da rahusa don samarwa. Kamfanin Adolph Coors ya kera gwangwanin gwangwani na farko na aluminum a cikin 1958. Kashi na biyu na iya ɗaukar ounce 7 (198 g) kawai, maimakon 12 (340 g) da aka saba, kuma an sami matsaloli tare da tsarin samarwa. Duk da haka, aluminum na iya tabbatar da sanannen isa don ingiza Coors, tare da sauran kamfanonin ƙarfe da aluminum, don haɓaka gwangwani mafi kyau.

Samfurin na gaba shine gwangwani na karfe tare da saman aluminum. Wannan matasan na iya samun fa'idodi daban-daban. Ƙarshen aluminium ya canza halayen galvanic tsakanin giya da ƙarfe, wanda ya haifar da giya tare da tsawon rayuwar rayuwar wanda aka adana a cikin gwangwani-ƙarfe duka. Wataƙila mafi mahimmancin fa'idar saman aluminium shine cewa ana iya buɗe ƙarfe mai laushi tare da maɓallin ja mai sauƙi. Tsohuwar gwangwani na buƙatar amfani da buɗaɗɗen buɗewa na musamman wanda aka fi sani da "maɓallin coci," kuma lokacin da Kamfanin Brewing Schlitz ya gabatar da giyarsa a cikin "pop top" na aluminium a cikin 1963, wasu manyan masu yin giya da sauri suka yi tsalle a kan wagon. A ƙarshen wannan shekarar, kashi 40% na duk gwangwani na giya na Amurka suna da saman aluminum, kuma zuwa 1968, wannan adadi ya ninka zuwa 80%.

Yayin da manyan gwangwani na aluminum ke mamaye kasuwa, masana'antun da yawa sun yi niyya don samun ingantacciyar abin sha na aluminium. Fasahar Coors ta yi amfani da ita don yin 7-ounce aluminum na iya dogara da tsarin "tasiri-fitarwa",

Hanyar zamani don yin gwangwani na aluminum ana kiranta zane-zane guda biyu da gugawa bango, wanda kamfanin Reynolds Metals ya fara gabatarwa a 1963.

inda wani naushi da aka kora a cikin slug madauwari ya kafa kasa da ɓangarorin gwangwani guda ɗaya. Kamfanin Reynolds Metals ya gabatar da wani all-aluminum wanda zai iya yin shi ta hanyar wani tsari daban-daban da ake kira "zane da guga" a cikin 1963, kuma wannan fasaha ta zama ma'auni na masana'antu. Coors da Hamms Brewery na daga cikin kamfanoni na farko da suka fara amfani da wannan sabuwar gwangwani, kuma PepsiCo da Coca-Cola sun fara amfani da gwangwani na aluminum a 1967. Adadin gwangwani na aluminum da aka aika a Amurka ya tashi daga rabin biliyan a 1965 zuwa biliyan 8.5 1972, kuma adadin ya ci gaba da karuwa yayin da aluminum ya zama zaɓi na kusan duniya don abubuwan sha. Abin sha na allumini na zamani ba wai kawai ya fi tsohon karfe ko karfe-da-aluminum sauki ba, haka nan baya yin tsatsa, yana yin sanyi da sauri, samansa mai sheki da saukin rubutu da daukar ido, yana tsawaita rayuwa, kuma yana da kyau. mai sauƙin sake yin fa'ida.

aluminum da ake amfani da shi a cikin masana'antar abin sha an samo shi daga kayan da aka sake fa'ida. Kashi 25 cikin 100 na jimillar kayan aluminium na Amurka sun fito ne daga tarkacen da aka sake sarrafa su, kuma masana'antar abin sha ita ce farkon mai amfani da kayan da aka sake fa'ida. Ajiye makamashi yana da mahimmanci lokacin da gwangwani da aka yi amfani da su sun sake narke, kuma aluminum na iya samun masana'antu a yanzu fiye da 63% na gwangwani da aka yi amfani da su.

Samar da gwangwani na aluminium a duk duniya yana karuwa a hankali, yana girma da gwangwani biliyan da yawa a shekara. A cikin fuskantar wannan karuwar bukatar, makomar abin sha na iya zama kamar yana kwance a cikin zane-zane wanda ke adana kuɗi da kayan aiki. Halin zuwa ƙananan murfi ya riga ya bayyana, da kuma ƙananan diamita na wuyansa, amma wasu canje-canje na iya zama ba a bayyane ga mabukaci ba. Masu kera suna amfani da ingantattun dabarun bincike don yin nazari na iya takarda, alal misali, nazarin tsarin crystalline na ƙarfe tare da ɓarnawar X-ray, da fatan gano ingantattun hanyoyin simintin ƙwanƙwasa ko mirgina zanen gado. Canje-canje a cikin abun da ke cikin gawa na aluminium, ko kuma yadda ake sanyaya gawar bayan an yi simintin, ko kaurin da ake birgima takardar na iya ba zai haifar da gwangwani da ke bugi mabukaci a matsayin sabon abu ba. Duk da haka, mai yiwuwa ci gaba a waɗannan yankuna ne zai haifar da ƙarin haɓakar tattalin arziki na iya samarwa a nan gaba.