I-Aluminium yaqala ukuhlonzwa njenge-elementi ngo-1782, futhi insimbi yajabulela ukuvelela okukhulu eFrance, lapho ngawo-1850 yayinemfashini ngaphezu kwegolide nesiliva lobucwebe nezitsha zokudla. UNapoleon III wayehlabeke umxhwele ngokusetshenziswa kwezempi kwensimbi engasindi, futhi waxhasa ngezimali ukuhlola kwasekuqaleni kokukhipha i-aluminium. Nakuba insimbi itholakala ngobuningi emvelweni, inqubo ephumelelayo yokukhipha yahlala inzima iminyaka eminingi. I-Aluminium yahlala inenani eliphakeme kakhulu ngakho-ke ingasetshenziswa kancane kwezentengiselwano phakathi nekhulu le-19. Ukuphumelela kwezobuchwepheshe ekupheleni kwekhulu le-19 ekugcineni kwavumela i-aluminium ukuba incibilikiswe ngokushibhile, futhi intengo yensimbi yehla kakhulu. Lokhu kwavula indlela yokuthuthukiswa kokusetshenziswa kwensimbi ezimbonini.

I-Aluminium ayizange isetshenziselwe amathini esiphuzo kwaze kwaba ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II. Phakathi nempi, uhulumeni wase-US wathumela inqwaba kabhiya ngamathini ensimbi kubasebenzi bawo phesheya kwezilwandle. Ngemva kwempi ubhiya obuningi baphinde bathengiswa ngamabhodlela, kodwa amasosha ayebuya aqhubeka ethanda amathini. Abakhiqizi baqhubeka nokudayisa ubhiya othile emathinini ensimbi, nakuba amabhodlela ayeshibhile ukuwakhiqiza. I-Adolph Coors Company yenza inkani yokuqala ye-aluminium kabhiya ngo-1958. Izingcezu zayo ezimbili zingabamba kuphela ama-ounces angu-7 (198 g), esikhundleni se-12 evamile (340 g), futhi kube nezinkinga ngenqubo yokukhiqiza. Noma kunjalo, i-aluminium ingabonakala idumile ngokwanele ukugqugquzela ama-Coors, kanye nezinye izinkampani zensimbi ne-aluminium, ukuthuthukisa amathini angcono.

Imodeli elandelayo kwakuyikani lensimbi eline-aluminium top. Le hybrid ingaba nezinzuzo eziningana ezihlukene. Isiphetho se-aluminium siguqule ukusabela kwe-galvanic phakathi kukabhiya nensimbi, okuholele kubhiya oneshalofu eliphindwe kabili lempilo yalowo ogcinwe emathini ensimbi yonke. Mhlawumbe inzuzo ebaluleke kakhulu ye-aluminium top yayiwukuthi insimbi ethambile yayingavulwa ngethebhu yokudonsa elula. Amathini esitayela amadala ayedinga ukusetshenziswa kwesivula esikhethekile esivame ukubizwa ngokuthi “ukhiye wesonto,” futhi lapho iSchlitz Brewing Company yethula ubhiya wayo ekanini le-aluminium “pop top” ngo-1963, abanye abakhiqizi bakabhiya abakhulu bagxumela ngokushesha enqoleni yebhande. Ekupheleni kwalowo nyaka, ama-40% awo wonke amathini kabhiya ase-US ayeneziqongo ze-aluminium, futhi ngo-1968, leso sibalo sase siphindeke kabili safinyelela ku-80%.

Ngenkathi amathini aphezulu e-aluminium eshanela imakethe, abakhiqizi abambalwa bebehlose ukuthola ithini lesiphuzo se-aluminiyamu ebaluleke kakhulu. Ubuchwepheshe ama-Coors ayebusebenzise ukwenza i-aluminium yawo engu-7-ounce ingancika enqubweni ye-"impact-extrusion",

Indlela yesimanje yokwenza amathini esiphuzo e-aluminium ibizwa ngokuthi ukudweba okuyiziqephu ezimbili kanye noku-ayina odongeni, okokuqala kwethulwa inkampani yakwaReynolds Metals ngo-1963.

lapho isibhakela esishayelwa ku-slug esiyindilinga sakha phansi nezinhlangothi zekani esiqeshini esisodwa. Inkampani ye-Reynolds Metals yethula i-aluminiyamu yonke eyenziwe ngenqubo ehlukile ebizwa ngokuthi "ukudweba noku-ayina" ngo-1963, futhi lobu buchwepheshe baba indinganiso yemboni. I-Coors kanye ne-Hamms Brewery babephakathi kwezinkampani zokuqala ezamukela leli thini elisha, futhi i-PepsiCo ne-Coca-Cola baqala ukusebenzisa amathini e-aluminium wonke ngo-1967. 1972, futhi isibalo saqhubeka sikhula njengoba i-aluminium isiba yisinqumo esicishe sibe yindalo yonke esiphuzweni se-carbonated. Ithini lesimanje lesiphuzo se-aluminium alilula nje kuphela kunekani elidala lensimbi noma lensimbi ne-aluminium, futhi aligqwali, libanda ngokushesha, indawo yaso ecwebezelayo ayiphrinteki kalula futhi iheha amehlo, yandisa impilo yeshalofu, futhi kulula ukugaywa kabusha.

i-aluminium esetshenziswa embonini yekani yesiphuzo isuselwa ezintweni ezigaywe kabusha. Amaphesenti angamashumi amabili nanhlanu esamba esiphelele se-aluminiyamu yaseMelika atholakala emfucumfucwini egaywe kabusha, futhi imboni yesiphuzo ingumsebenzisi oyinhloko wezinto ezigaywe kabusha. Ukonga ugesi kubalulekile uma amathini asetshenzisiwe encibilika, futhi imboni ye-aluminium manje isifuna ukubuyisela ngaphezu kuka-63% wamakani asetshenzisiwe.

Ukukhiqizwa kwamathini esiphuzo e-aluminium emhlabeni wonke kukhula kancane kancane, kukhula ngezigidigidi zamathini ngonyaka. Lapho sibhekene nalesi sidingo esikhulayo, ikusasa lesiphuzo lingabonakala lilele emiklameni ezonga imali nezinto zokwakha. Umkhuba obheke ezivaloni ezincane usuvele ubonakala, kanye namadiameter amancane entamo, kodwa ezinye izinguquko zingase zingabonakali kangako kumthengi. Abakhiqizi basebenzisa amasu okuxilonga aqinile ukuze batadishe i-can sheet, isibonelo, ukuhlola ukwakheka kwe-crystalline kwensimbi nge-X-ray diffraction, benethemba lokuthola izindlela ezingcono zokuphonsa ama-ingots noma ukugoqa amashidi. Izinguquko ekubunjweni kwengxube ye-aluminium, noma endleleni ingxubevange epholiswa ngayo ngemva kokusakazwa, noma ukujiya lapho ishidi lekani ligoqwa khona kungase kubangele amathini ashaye umthengi njengokusha. Noma kunjalo, mhlawumbe intuthuko kulezi zindawo ezoholela ekukhiqizeni ukonga okwengeziwe esikhathini esizayo.