Addition of refractories from spent potlining to alumina reduction cells to produce Al-Si alloys

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 329-334

  Moxnes, Bjørn ^a   Gikling, Håvard ^a   Kvande, Halvor ^b   Rolseth, Sverre ^c   Straumsheim, Kjetil ^a  

^a Hydro Aluminium Technol Ctr Ardal   (Norway)

^b Hydro Aluminium Primary Metal   (Norway)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALL-HEROULT CELLS; SPENT POTLINING (SPL);

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SEPARATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALUMINUM METALLURGY;

EID: 1442357836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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