According to the Can Manufacturers Institute, the energy used to make an aluminum can from recycled aluminum

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According to the Can Manufacturers Institute, the energy used to make an aluminum can from recycled aluminum is \(5 \%\) of the energy used to make an aluminum can from virgin ore. In a typical year, 1. 7 billion pounds of aluminum cans are recycled. How much energy is thermally transferred to get this mass of aluminum from \(20^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) to its melting point, \(660^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) ?

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