Cost-effective production of pure Al 13 from AlCl 3 by electrolysis

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 34, 2012, Pages 11201-11206

  Zhang, Wei Ming ^a   Zhuang, Jin Xia ^a   Chen, Qing ^a   Wang, Shun ^a   Song, Wei Guo ^b   Wan, Li Jun ^b  

^a WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ELECTRODES; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; COST-EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION; COUNTER ANIONS; ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEMS; ELECTROLYTE TEMPERATURE; FOIL INDUSTRIES; HIGH-PURITY PRODUCTS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; ION CHROMATOGRAM; MASS PRODUCTION; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; POLYCATIONS; PURE AL; SYNTHESIS PROCEDURE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84865617409     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301048k     Document Type: Article

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