What percentage of aluminum is there in aluminum foil?

How pure is aluminum foil? Are there other metals processed in such a foil?

Asker: Beau, 15 years old

Answer

Hi Beau,

Aluminum foil is virtually pure aluminum. That means aluminum foil has a purity of about 99.9%. There are of course some unavoidable traces of other metals present.

What percentage of aluminum is there in aluminum foil?

Answered by

Dr Etienne Jooken

Chemistry

Catholic University of Leuven
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/

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