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'''Aluminum''' is the internal enhancement pulling metal. An [[Allomancy|Allomancer]] burning aluminum will make all of their metal reserves vanish.{{book ref|mb2|5}} [[Feruchemist]]s can use aluminum to store [[Identity]], and when used as a [[Hemalurgic]] spike, aluminum removes all powers. It is known as '''Ralkalest''' or '''the unForgeable metal''' in the [[Rose Empire]] on [[Sel]]{{wob ref|6364}} as well as among [[singers]].{{book ref|sa4|37}}

 

A significant percentage of the aluminum in the [[Elendel Basin|Basin]] is produced by the [[Ghostbloods]]. [[Dean]], the Scadrian branch's chemist, believes that the Scadrians would one day discover how to create it via electrolysis, and that the value would plummet to being cheaper than [[tin]]. The Ghostbloods have been using their aluminum to fund their operations for the past two decades.{{book ref|mb7|40}}

 

The paired alloy of aluminum used in the Metallic Arts is [[duralumin]].

This experimentation accidentally resulted in a series of modified fabrials in which the mechanism contained bits of aluminum foil that blocked certain functions, but not all. Among these were a spanreed that transferred lateral motion, but not vertical; a lift to permit [[Rysn]] to move between decks of the ''[[Wandersail (1174 ship)|Wandersail]]'' and a number of "wheelchair" fabrials which levitated and permitted [[Rysn]] to maneuver while seated using a partially aluminum-blocked counterweight.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}} These are particularly useful due to a known drawback of motion-transferring fabrials caused by a moving frame of reference (e.g. a moving ship at sea communicating by spanreed to shore).

 

 

=== Lumar ===

 

== Trivia ==