Development of aluminum reduction cell process control

JOM

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 16-22

  Bearne, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a Comalco Res and Technical Support ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER CONTROL; ORE REDUCTION;

ALUMINUM REDUCTION; CELL PROCESS CONTROL;

SMELTING;

EID: 0032658076     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-999-0035-5     Document Type: Article

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