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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology, 4th Edition
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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology, 4th Edition

by Alan E. Comyns
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
15h 55m
English
CRC Press
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Thermical
Thermical A process for making aluminum metal, developed by Calsmelt Pty Ltd, Melbourne. Operates at
500°C lower than the *Hall–Heroult process. Alumina is mixed with molten aluminum in the presence of car-
bon to form aluminum carbide. This is heated with more alumina to produce aluminum and carbon dioxide.
Not yet piloted.
Chem. Eng. (N.Y.), 2010, 117(8), 9.
THERMIDOR See HYVAHL.
Thermit Also spelled Thermite and also called the Goldschmidt process. The reaction of metallic aluminum
with a metal oxide is very exothermic and can be used to liberate other metals from their oxides or simply as
a source of heat. In the latter case, ...
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