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Direct Production of Aluminum Titanium Alloys in Aluminum Reduction Cells: A Laboratory Test

Authors : Geir Martin Haarberg, Omar Awayssa, Gudrun Saevarsdottir, Rauan Meirbekova, Wenting Xu

Published in: Light Metals 2022

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Aluminum smelters produce pure aluminum in reduction cells by the Hall-Héroult process, however, aluminum is usually supplied as a variety of alloys to their customers. The alloys are produced in the casthouse, as desired alloying elements are added to the primary aluminum from the potroom before casting. In this work the concept of producing titanium master alloys directly in the aluminum reduction cells is discussed, by feeding titanium oxide to the electrolyte, along with the alumina raw material. The results in this paper are obtained by running electrolysis experiments in a laboratory cell, and the current efficiency for the alloy deposition is estimated. Similar results for aluminum–silicon and aluminum-manganese alloys are reported in a different paper.

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Metadata
Title
Direct Production of Aluminum Titanium Alloys in Aluminum Reduction Cells: A Laboratory Test
Authors
Geir Martin Haarberg
Omar Awayssa
Gudrun Saevarsdottir
Rauan Meirbekova
Wenting Xu
Copyright Year
2022
Book
Light Metals 2022

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-92528-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-92529-1

Copyright Year: 2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92529-1_55

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