Process for production of aluminum

摘要

Disclosed herein is a process for producing aluminum by the steps of electrolyzing an electrolytic bath composed preponderantly of aluminum chloride while using a tungsten plate or a silicon carbide plate as the anode for thereby educing aluminum on the cathode, splitting the cathodic product of electrolysis from the cathode to produce in the electrolytic cell a muddy substance composed preponderantly of aluminum, collecting the muddy substance, then melting it to produce molten aluminum and cooling the molten aluminum.