For instance, when a product's aluminum surface is shrunk or bent, the amount of on-order aluminum sheet metal changes instantly.

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Aluminum can sheet per 1, 000 cans has stabilized at 34.6 pounds since it is getting difficult to make cans any thinner.

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Place the fig paste on a sheet of aluminum foil and shape it into a rough 6-inch log, then wrap it tightly in the foil, rolling to shape it into a perfect cylinder.

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At just 0.36 inches thick, it's 25% thinner than the iPhone and a sheet of brushed aluminum replaces the last Kindle's rubber back panel.

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The hour and minute domes underneath are cut from solid aluminum to a thinness of just 0.28mm (a sheet of paper is about 0.1mm thick).

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In today's metal-based gadgets, you either need to bend a piece of sheet metal, or die-cast with an inferior alloy like aluminum or magnesium.

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