Investigating the Viability off Carbothermic Alumina Reduction

Over the long tenure of the Hall-Heroult electrolytic reduction process, aluminum producers have attempted to identify other, more efficient methods of reducing aluminum. On a laboratory level, carbothermic reduction, which is presently used in silicon manufacture, has shown itself to be technically feasible for this application. While larger-scale trials have demonstrated carbothermic reduction to be adaptable for commercial aluminum production, substantial development work is still necessary for the process to become a fully viable alternative to Hall-Heroult.