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	Kaolin clay is composed of aluminum and silicon (Si2Al2O5(OH)4). Reduction of Kaolin would then result in an aluminum/silicon alloy. In practice, carbides (usually SiC) resist further reduction except at very high temperatures (2050°C). Thus, the smelted product is likely some aluminum-rich alloy with various highly refractory simple and complex carbides.		#REDIRECT [[Aluminum Extraction From Clays]]

	Parent material is reduced ''carbothermically'', that is, it is reduced in the presence of carbon and the absence of oxygen at high temperatures. The carbon is oxidized to produce carbon mon- and di-oxide and the metal oxides are reduced.

	The paper [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2S-4PF0X6V-1&_user=521384&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059563&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=521384&md5=beeacd8e14dee1a7cb0059b6bb739790 carbothermal reduction of alumina] by m.halmann (at) weizmann.ac.il describes the carbothermic reduction of alumina rich material in an atmosphere of methane gas at high temperatures. Internal copy of this paper: [[File:halman.pdf]]

	~~Such temperatures could be produced with a point focusing solar collector (see [~~[~~Metal Refining]] for more)~~

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	~~Page 66 in this online book talks about a plant in the Ukraine that smelts kaolin into an aluminum/silicon alloy:~~ [~~http://books.google.com/books?id=XlmAKOjvnrgC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=reduction+kaolin+aluminum&source=web&ots=2vF1okG5iX&sig=oh_J4JdI6XQDxZ68-j2i-b767Tw&hl=en#PPA65,M1 The Handbook of~~ Aluminum~~] by George E Totten, D Scott MacKenzie~~

	~~At temperatures below 2000°C, I assume aluminum metal may be separated from silicon carbide (SiC).~~

	~~[[Category:Materials]][[Category:Metalworks~~]]

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	Kaolin clay is composed of aluminum and silicon (Si2Al2O5(OH)4). Reduction of Kaolin would then result in an aluminum/silicon alloy. In practice, carbides (usually SiC) resist further reduction except at very high temperatures (~~2050 degrees Celsius~~). Thus, the smelted product is likely some aluminum-rich alloy with various highly refractory simple and complex carbides.		Kaolin clay is composed of aluminum and silicon (Si2Al2O5(OH)4). Reduction of Kaolin would then result in an aluminum/silicon alloy. In practice, carbides (usually SiC) resist further reduction except at very high temperatures (2050°C). Thus, the smelted product is likely some aluminum-rich alloy with various highly refractory simple and complex carbides.

	Parent material is reduced carbothermically, that is, it is reduced in the presence of carbon and the absence of oxygen at high temperatures. The carbon is oxidized to produce carbon mon- and di-oxide and the metal oxides are reduced.		Parent material is reduced ''carbothermically'', that is, it is reduced in the presence of carbon and the absence of oxygen at high temperatures. The carbon is oxidized to produce carbon mon- and di-oxide and the metal oxides are reduced.

	The paper [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2S-4PF0X6V-1&_user=521384&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059563&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=521384&md5=beeacd8e14dee1a7cb0059b6bb739790 ~~Carbothermal~~ reduction of alumina] by m.halmann (at) weizmann.ac.il describes the carbothermic reduction of alumina rich material in an atmosphere of methane gas at high temperatures. ~~Such temperatures could be produced with a point focusing solar collector~~.		The paper [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2S-4PF0X6V-1&_user=521384&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059563&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=521384&md5=beeacd8e14dee1a7cb0059b6bb739790 carbothermal reduction of alumina] by m.halmann (at) weizmann.ac.il describes the carbothermic reduction of alumina rich material in an atmosphere of methane gas at high temperatures. Internal copy of this paper: [[File:halman.pdf]]

	~~Page 66 in this online book talks about~~ a ~~plant in the Ukraine that does smelt kaolin into an Aluminum/silicon alloy:~~ [~~http://books.google.com/books?id=XlmAKOjvnrgC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=reduction+kaolin+aluminum&source=web&ots=2vF1okG5iX&sig=oh_J4JdI6XQDxZ68-j2i-b767Tw&hl=en#PPA65,M1 the handbook of aluminum~~]		Such temperatures could be produced with a point focusing solar collector (see [[Metal Refining]] for more)
	~~By George E Totten, D Scott MacKenzie~~

	~~At temperatures below 2000 degrees Celsius, I assume aluminum metal may be separated from silicon carbide (SiC).~~		----

	[[Category:Materials]]		Page 66 in this online book talks about a plant in the Ukraine that smelts kaolin into an aluminum/silicon alloy: [http://books.google.com/books?id=XlmAKOjvnrgC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=reduction+kaolin+aluminum&source=web&ots=2vF1okG5iX&sig=oh_J4JdI6XQDxZ68-j2i-b767Tw&hl=en#PPA65,M1 The Handbook of Aluminum] by George E Totten, D Scott MacKenzie

			At temperatures below 2000°C, I assume aluminum metal may be separated from silicon carbide (SiC).

			[[Category:Materials]][[Category:Metalworks]]

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	By George E Totten, D Scott MacKenzie		By George E Totten, D Scott MacKenzie

	At temperatures below 2000 degrees ~~Celcius~~, I assume aluminum metal may be separated from silicon carbide (SiC).		At temperatures below 2000 degrees Celsius, I assume aluminum metal may be separated from silicon carbide (SiC).

	[[Category:Materials]]		[[Category:Materials]]

Rasmus at 15:05, 31 December 2010

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	Kaolin clay is composed of aluminum and silicon (Si2Al2O5(OH)4). Reduction of Kaolin would then result in an aluminum/silicon alloy. In practice, carbides (usually SiC) resist further reduction except at very high temperatures (2050 degrees ~~celcius~~). Thus, the smelted product is likely some aluminum-rich alloy with various highly refractory simple and complex carbides.		Kaolin clay is composed of aluminum and silicon (Si2Al2O5(OH)4). Reduction of Kaolin would then result in an aluminum/silicon alloy. In practice, carbides (usually SiC) resist further reduction except at very high temperatures (2050 degrees Celsius). Thus, the smelted product is likely some aluminum-rich alloy with various highly refractory simple and complex carbides.

	Parent material is reduced carbothermically, that is, it is reduced in the presence of carbon and the absence of oxygen at high temperatures. The carbon is oxidized to produce carbon mon- and di-oxide and the metal oxides are reduced.		Parent material is reduced carbothermically, that is, it is reduced in the presence of carbon and the absence of oxygen at high temperatures. The carbon is oxidized to produce carbon mon- and di-oxide and the metal oxides are reduced.

Rasmus at 15:05, 31 December 2010

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	Kaolin clay is composed of aluminum and silicon (Si2Al2O5(OH)4). Reduction of Kaolin would then result in an aluminum/silicon alloy. In practice, carbides (usually SiC) resist further reduction except at very high temperatures (2050 degrees celcius). Thus, the smelted product is likely some aluminum rich alloy with various highly refractory simple and complex carbides.		Kaolin clay is composed of aluminum and silicon (Si2Al2O5(OH)4). Reduction of Kaolin would then result in an aluminum/silicon alloy. In practice, carbides (usually SiC) resist further reduction except at very high temperatures (2050 degrees celcius). Thus, the smelted product is likely some aluminum-rich alloy with various highly refractory simple and complex carbides.

	Parent material is reduced ~~carbo thermically~~, that is, it is reduced in the presence of carbon and the absence of oxygen at high temperatures. The carbon is oxidized to produce carbon mon and di oxide and the metal oxides are reduced.		Parent material is reduced carbothermically, that is, it is reduced in the presence of carbon and the absence of oxygen at high temperatures. The carbon is oxidized to produce carbon mon- and di-oxide and the metal oxides are reduced.

	~~the~~ paper [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2S-4PF0X6V-1&_user=521384&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059563&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=521384&md5=beeacd8e14dee1a7cb0059b6bb739790 Carbothermal reduction of alumina] by m.halmann (at) weizmann.ac.il describes the carbothermic reduction of ~~Alumina~~ rich material in an atmosphere of methane gas at high temperatures. Such temperatures could be produced with a point focusing solar collector.		The paper [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2S-4PF0X6V-1&_user=521384&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059563&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=521384&md5=beeacd8e14dee1a7cb0059b6bb739790 Carbothermal reduction of alumina] by m.halmann (at) weizmann.ac.il describes the carbothermic reduction of alumina rich material in an atmosphere of methane gas at high temperatures. Such temperatures could be produced with a point focusing solar collector.

	~~page~~ 66 in this online book talks about a plant in ~~ukraine~~ that does smelt kaolin into an Aluminum/silicon alloy: [http://books.google.com/books?id=XlmAKOjvnrgC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=reduction+kaolin+aluminum&source=web&ots=2vF1okG5iX&sig=oh_J4JdI6XQDxZ68-j2i-b767Tw&hl=en#PPA65,M1 the handbook of aluminum]		Page 66 in this online book talks about a plant in the Ukraine that does smelt kaolin into an Aluminum/silicon alloy: [http://books.google.com/books?id=XlmAKOjvnrgC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=reduction+kaolin+aluminum&source=web&ots=2vF1okG5iX&sig=oh_J4JdI6XQDxZ68-j2i-b767Tw&hl=en#PPA65,M1 the handbook of aluminum]
	By George E Totten, D Scott MacKenzie		By George E Totten, D Scott MacKenzie

	At temperatures below 2000 degrees Celcius, I assume ~~Aluminum~~ metal may be separated from ~~Silicon~~ carbide (SiC).		At temperatures below 2000 degrees Celcius, I assume aluminum metal may be separated from silicon carbide (SiC).

	[[Category:Materials]]		[[Category:Materials]]

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	At temperatures below 2000 degrees Celcius, I assume Aluminum metal may be separated from Silicon carbide (SiC).		At temperatures below 2000 degrees Celcius, I assume Aluminum metal may be separated from Silicon carbide (SiC).

			[[Category:Materials]]

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Kaolin clay is composed of aluminum and silicon (Si2Al2O5(OH)4). Reduction of Kaolin would then result in an aluminum/silicon alloy. In practice, carbides (usually SiC) resist further reduction except at very high temperatures (2050 degrees celcius). Thus, the smelted product is likely some aluminum rich alloy with various highly refractory simple and complex carbides.

Parent material is reduced carbo thermically, that is, it is reduced in the presence of carbon and the absence of oxygen at high temperatures. The carbon is oxidized to produce carbon mon and di oxide and the metal oxides are reduced.

the paper [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2S-4PF0X6V-1&_user=521384&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059563&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=521384&md5=beeacd8e14dee1a7cb0059b6bb739790 Carbothermal reduction of alumina] by m.halmann (at) weizmann.ac.il describes the carbothermic reduction of Alumina rich material in an atmosphere of methane gas at high temperatures. Such temperatures could be produced with a point focusing solar collector.

page 66 in this online book talks about a plant in ukraine that does smelt kaolin into an Aluminum/silicon alloy: [http://books.google.com/books?id=XlmAKOjvnrgC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=reduction+kaolin+aluminum&source=web&ots=2vF1okG5iX&sig=oh_J4JdI6XQDxZ68-j2i-b767Tw&hl=en#PPA65,M1 the handbook of aluminum]
By George E Totten, D Scott MacKenzie

At temperatures below 2000 degrees Celcius, I assume Aluminum metal may be separated from Silicon carbide (SiC).