Study of aluminum carbide formation in Hall-Heroult electrolytic cells.

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1123-1128

  Zoukel, Abdelhalim ^a   Chartrand, Patrice ^b   Soucy, Gervais ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum carbide formation; Aluminum electrolysis; Phase distribution.

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC BATHS; ALUMINUM CARBIDE; ALUMINUM CARBIDE FORMATION; ALUMINUM ELECTROLYSIS; ALUMINUM REDUCTION; CATHODE SURFACE; GRAPHITIZED CARBONS; GRAPHITIZED CATHODES; LABORATORY TEST; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PHASE DISTRIBUTION.; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; PHASE DISTRIBUTION;

ALUMINUM; CARBIDES; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; GRAPHITIZATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORE REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LIGHT; METAL RECOVERY;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM;

EID: 67449132532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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