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An experimental study was undertaken to determine the effects of chlorine gas volume fraction (0–25%) in the fluxing gas, fluxing gas flowrate (7.79–27–07 cc/sec @NTP) on the rate of removal of sodium from aluminum and aluminum-1 wt% magnesium alloys. For this purpose, fluxing gas was introduced into a 7.5 kg melt by an upward facing nozzle and bubble frequency was measured during the course of the experiments. The number and size distribution of chloride particles and/or droplets that were generated by the chlorination of the melt were measured by using the LIMCA (Liquid Metal Cleanliness Analyzer). This data was used to calculate the mass transfer coefficients for the chloride droplets.
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Kulunk, B., Guthrie, R. (2016). On the Kinetics of Removal of Sodium from Aluminum and Aluminum-Magnesium Alloys. In: Grandfield, J.F., Eskin, D.G. (eds) Essential Readings in Light Metals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48228-6_11
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