The Hall–Héroult process is the major industrial process for smelting aluminium. It involves dissolving aluminium oxide (alumina) (obtained most often...
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(Louis-Toussaint) Héroult (10 April 1863 – 9 May 1914) was a French scientist. He was one of the inventors of the Hall-Héroult process for smelting aluminium...
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Aluminium (section Hall–Héroult process)
public with the Hall–Héroult process developed independently by French engineer Paul Héroult and American engineer Charles Martin Hall in 1886, and the...
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Over 90% (95-96%) of the aluminium oxide produced is used in the Hall–Héroult process to produce aluminium. Red mud is the waste product that is produced...
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e.g., Hall–Héroult process, the Wöhler process and related chemical-based routes became obsolete. In 1827, Friedrich Wöhler refined a process discovered...
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and it has come to be known as the Hall–Héroult process. After failing to find financial backing at home, Hall went to Pittsburgh, where he made contact...
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electrolytic process is the use of electrolysis industrially to refine metals or compounds at a high purity and low cost. Some examples are the Hall-Héroult process...
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Alcoa (section Hall's patent)
result, was more expensive than silver or gold. In 1886, Hall discovered the Hall–Héroult process, the first inexpensive technique for refining aluminum...
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Electrolysis (category Chemical processes)
Charles Martin Hall from America and Paul Héroult from France both filed for American patents for the electrolysis of aluminum, with Héroult submitting his...
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Aluminium smelting (category Metallurgical processes)
Aluminium smelting is the process of extracting aluminium from its oxide, alumina, generally by the Hall-Héroult process. Alumina is extracted from the...
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