Photo Gallery: Beauty in Science

11/27/2009

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To make the Audi R8's aluminum frame, the body of the car goes into an oven...
Thomas Ernsting

To make the Audi R8's aluminum frame, the body of the car goes into an oven heated 185 Celsius (365 Fahrenheit). Sensors placed along the car make sure it gets baked evenly. Here, a worker at the Audi factory in Neckarsulm gives a done frame a once-over. Aluminum frames are mostly used in luxury and sports-model cars.

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