Cryolite (Na3AlF6, sodium hexafluoroaluminate) is an uncommon mineral identified with the once-large deposit at Ivittuut on the west coast of Greenland...
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from bauxite, aluminium's chief ore, through the Bayer process) in molten cryolite and electrolyzing the molten salt bath, typically in a purpose-built cell...
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Electrolyte: The electrolyte is a molten bath of cryolite (Na3AlF6) and dissolved alumina. Cryolite is a good solvent for alumina with low melting point...
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few places in the world so far discovered to have naturally occurring cryolite (Na3AlF6, sodium aluminum fluoride), an important agent in modern aluminum...
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Peder Christian Abildgaard (1740–1801), occurs naturally as the mineral cryolite and is used extensively in the industrial production of aluminium. The...
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into hydrogen fluoride en route to various organic fluorides, or into cryolite, which plays a key role in aluminium refining. The carbon–fluorine bond...
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Aluminium sulfate (section From cryolite)
allowed to stand for some time, and the clear solution is drawn off. When cryolite is used as the ore, it is mixed with calcium carbonate and heated. By this...
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basis, are as a precursor to organofluorine compounds and a precursor to cryolite for the electrolysis of aluminium. HF reacts with chlorocarbons to give...
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The resultant HF is mostly used to produce organofluorides and synthetic cryolite. About 3 kg (6.5 lb) of metspar grade fluorite, added directly to the batch...
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exclusively consumed as a precursor to aluminum trifluoride and synthetic cryolite, which are used in aluminium processing. Salts derived from hexafluorosilicic...
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silver AgCl Chlorargyrite AgCl, bromargyrite AgBr, and iodargyrite AgI Cryolite Na3AlF6 Cryptohalite (a)(NH4)2SiF6 Dietzeite Ca2(IO3)2CrO4 Eglestonite...
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Industries"), colloquially known as Kryolitfabrikken (The Cryolite Factory), was a cryolite processing plant established in 1859 at Strandboulevarden...
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fluoride compounds are prepared from hydrofluoric acid. Foremost are Na3AlF6, cryolite, and AlF3, aluminium trifluoride. A molten mixture of these solids serves...
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and stone (λίθος). It is an allusion to its similarity and appearance to cryolite (ice stone). Chiolite is an IMA approved mineral that has been grandfathered...
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Greenland was able to buy goods from the United States and Canada by selling cryolite from the mine at Ivittuut. The major air bases were Bluie West-1 at Narsarsuaq...
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Connecticut Corning Glass Works in Corning, New York Cryolite Refinery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Cryolite Mine in Arsuk, Greenland Curtiss Wright Corp...
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with the United States, Canada and Portugal, which, supplemented by the cryolite exports, caused a reanimation and permanent realignment of the island's...
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is a mineral with formula: NaCaAlF6·H2O. It is an alteration product of cryolite. It was discovered in 1868 in Ivigtut, Greenland and named for Hans Peter...
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(var.) Padparadscha Golden sheen sapphire Covellite Creedite Crocoite Cryolite Cuprite Danburite Datolite Descloizite Diamond Bort Ballas Diaspore Dickinsonite...
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majority of the hexafluorosilicic acid is converted to aluminium fluoride and cryolite for the processing of aluminium. These materials are central to the conversion...
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Lahore (Universal, 2016) Lennon remixed John Malkovich's 2016 single "Cryolite". Lennon was a featured artist on the track "Tomorrow Never Came", included...
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Boric acid Chromated copper arsenate Copper(II) arsenate Copper(I) cyanide Cryolite Diatomaceous earth Lead hydrogen arsenate Paris Green Scheele's Green Insect...
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Deville, sought to use cryolite as the source ore, but with little success. British engineer William Gerhard set up a plant with cryolite as the primary raw...
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Origin and occurrence of fluorine (section Cryolite)
industrially relevant sources of fluorine: fluorite, fluorapatite, and cryolite. Fluorite (CaF2), also called fluorspar, is the main source of commercial...
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other fluoride chemical (like sodium fluoride, magnesium silicofluoride, cryolite, aluminum fluoride) production. Fluorosilicic acid Ammonium fluorosilicate...
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Cristobalite Crocoite Cronstedtite Crookesite Crossite (not approved by IMA) Cryolite Cryptomelane Cubanite Cumengeite Cummingtonite Cupalite Cuprite Cuprosklodowskite...
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two octahedra. Such {AlF6} units also exist in complex fluorides such as cryolite, Na3AlF6. AlF3 melts at 1,290 °C (2,354 °F) and is made by reaction of...
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sphalerite and tennantite. Stannite and kesterite occur together in the Ivigtut cryolite deposit of South Greenland. Solid solutions form between Cu2FeSnS4 and...
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the aluminium oxide is subjected to a Hall–Héroult process together with cryolite to obtain aluminium that will then be combined with iron to create the...
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is usually obtained by treating minerals like alum schist, bauxite and cryolite with sulfuric acid.: 767 Aluminium-based alums are named by the monovalent...
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