
351
T
Trail
Toth Also called TAC [Toth Aluminum Corporation] A method proposed for making aluminum metal from
clay. The dried clay, mixed with coke, is chlorinated to yield aluminum trichloride and silicon tetrachlo-
ride. The volatile chlorides are separated by distillation, and the aluminum chloride is then reduced with
manganese metal:
Al Si Oxy/ Cl z CxAlCl ySiCl z CO
xyz
23
The manganese chloride is then reduced with hydrogen:
and the manganese metal reused. In another version, the manganese chloride is oxidized in oxygen to manga-
nese oxide, which is then re ...