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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Report on pot materials
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Date: Thu, 27-Dec-84 15:57:06 EST
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> ...
> Copper is harder than aluminum, and presumably sturdier,...

Careful here.  Although aluminum itself may be softer than copper (don't
have any materials handbooks handy), the aluminum used for cookware is
both alloyed (to increase strength) and surface-hardened (apparently by a
process like anodizing) so that it's quite a bit harder than copper.
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