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Aluminium smelting, the Glossary

Index Aluminium smelting

Aluminium smelting is the process of extracting aluminium from its oxide, alumina, generally by the Hall-Héroult process.[1]

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  1. 51 relations: Akosombo Dam, Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter, Alcoa, Aluminerie Alouette, Aluminium, Aluminium Bahrain, Aluminium fluoride, Aluminium oxide, Anglesey Aluminium, Bahrain, Bauxite, Bayer process, Bellingham, Washington, Carbon footprint, Carbon monoxide, Cermet, Churchill Falls, Cryolite, Electrolysis, Energy conversion efficiency, Fluoride, Fluorocarbon, Ghana, Graphitization, Hall–Héroult process, Hydroelectricity, Hydrogen fluoride, Iceland, Jharsuguda, Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, Lead smelting, List of alumina refineries, List of aluminium smelters, Lynemouth power station, Mandatory renewable energy target, North East England, Nuclear power, Odisha, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, Prebaked consumable carbon anode, Reyðarfjörður, Rio Tinto (corporation), Rio Tinto Alcan, Sept-Îles, Quebec, Sintering, Smelting, Sodium fluoride, Spent potlining, Wales, Wylfa nuclear power station, ... Expand index (1 more) »

  2. Aluminium industry
  3. Electrolysis

Akosombo Dam

The Akosombo Dam, also known as the Volta Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana in the Akosombo gorge and part of the Volta River Authority.

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Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter

The Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter was an industrial facility near Ashington, Northumberland, on the coast of North East England, south of the village of Lynemouth.

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Alcoa

Alcoa Corporation (an acronym for "Aluminum Company of America") is a Pittsburgh-based industrial corporation.

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Aluminerie Alouette

Aluminerie Alouette is an aluminum manufacturing company based in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada, on the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

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Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Aluminium Bahrain

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) is the first aluminium smelter in the Middle East which started its commercial operations in 1971.

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Aluminium fluoride

Aluminium fluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula.

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Aluminium oxide

Aluminium oxide (or aluminium(III) oxide) is a chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula.

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Anglesey Aluminium

Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd. was a joint venture between Rio Tinto and Kaiser Aluminum.

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Bahrain

Bahrain (Two Seas, locally), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia.

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Bauxite

Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content.

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Bayer process

The Bayer process is the principal industrial means of refining bauxite to produce alumina (aluminium oxide) and was developed by Carl Josef Bayer. Aluminium smelting and Bayer process are aluminium industry and Metallurgical processes.

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Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham is the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington.

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A carbon footprint (or greenhouse gas footprint) is a calculated value or index that makes it possible to compare the total amount of greenhouse gases that an activity, product, company or country adds to the atmosphere.

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Carbon monoxide

Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.

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Cermet

A cermet is a composite material composed of '''cer'''amic and '''met'''al materials.

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Churchill Falls

Churchill Falls is a high waterfall on the Churchill River in Labrador, Canada.

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Cryolite

Cryolite (Na3AlF6, sodium hexafluoroaluminate) is an uncommon mineral identified with the once-large deposit at Ivittuut on the west coast of Greenland, mined commercially until 1987.

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Electrolysis

In chemistry and manufacturing, electrolysis is a technique that uses direct electric current (DC) to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction.

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Energy conversion efficiency

Energy conversion efficiency (η) is the ratio between the useful output of an energy conversion machine and the input, in energy terms.

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Fluoride

Fluoride.

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Fluorocarbon

Fluorocarbons are chemical compounds with carbon-fluorine bonds.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.

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Graphitization

Graphitization is a process of transforming a carbonaceous material, such as coal, graphite or certain forms of iron alloys, into graphite.

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Hall–Héroult process

The Hall–Héroult process is the major industrial process for smelting aluminium. Aluminium smelting and Hall–Héroult process are aluminium industry and electrolysis.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Hydrogen fluoride

Hydrogen fluoride (fluorane) is an inorganic compound with chemical formula.

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Iceland

Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.

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Jharsuguda

Jharsuguda is a city and district headquarters of Jharsuguda district of Odisha, India.

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Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant

Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant (Kárahnjúkavirkjun), officially called Fljótsdalur Power Station (Fljótsdalsstöð) is a hydroelectric power plant in Fljótsdalshérað municipality in eastern Iceland, designed to produce annually for Alcoa's Fjarðaál aluminum smelter to the east in Reyðarfjörður.

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Lead smelting

Plants for the production of lead are generally referred to as lead smelters.

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List of alumina refineries

This is a list of alumina refineries in the world.

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List of aluminium smelters

This is a list of primary aluminium smelters in the world.

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Lynemouth power station

Lynemouth Power Station is a biomass power plant which provides electricity for the UK National Grid.

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Mandatory renewable energy target

Mandatory renewable energy targets are part of government legislated schemes which require electricity merchandisers to source-specific amounts of aggregate electricity sales from renewable energy sources according to a fixed time frame.

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North East England

North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.

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Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity.

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Odisha

Odisha (English), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) is a class of organic compounds that is composed of multiple aromatic rings.

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Prebaked consumable carbon anode

Prebaked consumable carbon anodes are a specific type of anode designed for aluminium smelting using the Hall-Héroult process.

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Reyðarfjörður

Reyðarfjörður is a town in Iceland.

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Rio Tinto (corporation)

Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational company that is the world's second largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP).

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Rio Tinto Alcan

Rio Tinto Alcan is a Canada-based mining company.

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Sept-Îles, Quebec

Sept-Îles is a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec.

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Sintering

Sintering or frittage is the process of compacting and forming a solid mass of material by pressure or heat without melting it to the point of liquefaction. Aluminium smelting and Sintering are Metallurgical processes.

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Smelting

Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product. Aluminium smelting and Smelting are Metallurgical processes.

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Sodium fluoride

Sodium fluoride (NaF) is an inorganic compound with the formula.

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Spent potlining

Spent Potlining (SPL) is a waste material generated in the primary aluminium smelting industry.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Wylfa nuclear power station

Wylfa nuclear power station (Atomfa'r Wylfa) is a Magnox nuclear power station undergoing decommissioning.

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Zinc smelting

Zinc smelting is the process of converting zinc concentrates (ores that contain zinc) into pure zinc. Aluminium smelting and zinc smelting are Metallurgical processes.

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See also

Aluminium industry

Electrolysis

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_smelting

Also known as Aluminium smelter, Aluminum smelter, Aluminum smelting, Environmental impact of aluminum smelting.

, Zinc smelting.