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Submerged-Arc Furnaces for Smelting Aluminum Ores

A substitute for the electrolytic process?

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An evaluation of the theoretical and engineering feasibility of producing aluminum-rich alloys from bauxite in the submerged-arc electric furnace. The alloys could be subsequently refined to primary aluminum. For a discussion of the paper by Lloyd H. Banning, see p. 106 of this issue.

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  1. T. G. Pearson: The Chemical Background of the Aluminum Industry, The Royal Inst, of Chemistry, London, 1955.

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  2. O C. Fursman and Lloyd H. Banning: Experimental Smelting of Aluminum Silicates to Produce Aluminum-Silicon Alloys, Report of Investigations No. 5575, US Bureau of Mines, 1960.

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  1. Chemical and Metallurgical Research Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn., USA

    J. Glasser (president) & W. E. Few (vice president)

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Glasser, J., Few, W.E. Submerged-Arc Furnaces for Smelting Aluminum Ores. JOM 14, 126–128 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03378133

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