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Hall-Héroult process

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use in aluminum production

  • Catalan hearth or forge used for smelting iron ore until relatively recent times. The method of charging fuel and ore and the approximate position of the nozzle supplied with air by a bellows are shown.
    In metallurgy: Electrolytic smelting

    In the Hall-Héroult smelting process, a nearly pure aluminum oxide compound called alumina is dissolved at 950 °C (1,750 °F) in a molten electrolyte composed of aluminum, sodium, and fluorine; this is electrolyzed to give aluminum metal at the cathode and oxygen gas at the anode. The…

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  • Catalan hearth or forge used for smelting iron ore until relatively recent times. The method of charging fuel and ore and the approximate position of the nozzle supplied with air by a bellows are shown.
    In metallurgy: Light metals

    Use of the Hall-Héroult process on an industrial scale depended on the replacement of storage batteries by rotary power generators; it remains essentially unchanged to this day.

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  • aluminum processing
    In aluminum processing: Smelting

    …been found for the Bayer-Hall-Héroult approach.

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