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What is chemical name for cryolite?
Cryolite, a natural mineral (Na3AlF6) is a trisodium hexafluoroaluminate.
Which are the sources of the element aluminum?
Aluminium is extracted from bauxite or cryolite.
What is the name of the chemical formula Na3AlF6?
Na3AlF6 is the chemical formula of sodium hexafluoroaluminate (cryolite).
How does a catalyst speed a reaction at low temperatures?
Catalysts will lower the activation energy needed for a certain reaction to happen. For example in the extraction of Aluminium from Bauxite (Aluminium Oxide) The melting point of Al2O3 is about 2000oC. But with the catalyst Cryolite (Na3AlF6), the overall melting point is lowered to about 950oC,
What happens to aluminum during electrolysis?
Alum in a salt, its a combination of Alkali metal such as sodium or potassium and a metal such as aluminum or iron. It is used as a food additive, but can be toxic to humans if taken in amounts of an ounce or more. It has a faint metallic smell, as in Baking Powder
Why does an electrolyte contain cryolite?
Molten cryolite is the electrolyte, an ionic compoud..
What is the price for cryolite in the market?
what is the price of cryolite per tonne in the market now?as of may 2013.
What is chemical name for cryolite?
Cryolite, a natural mineral (Na3AlF6) is a trisodium hexafluoroaluminate.
Why is cryolite used in the manufacture of aluminium?
It's used as a flux. It melts at a significantly lower temperature than aluminum oxide ores, but they will dissolve in molten cryolite. This means less energy is required to extract the aluminum from the ores than if they had to be heated to their melting temperatures.
Which is an ore of alluminum?
For example bauxite and cryolite.
Which are the sources of the element aluminum?
Aluminium is extracted from bauxite or cryolite.
Is cryolite help in increase the melting point?
Cryolite- lit Frozen substance- is one of the two ores of aluminum, a basic metal to our civilization. Both Cryolite and Bauxite are necessary to refine aluminum, plus high quantities of elecric current in special refining vessels- usually horizontal and looking lilke odd pools or tanks. It has nothing to do with Cryogenics- science of materials and processes at extremely Cold Temperatures. at one time Cryolite was thought to be some form of permanently frozen ice-based rock but this is not true.
How is the electrolyte of aluminium oxide and cryolite kept molten?
electrical heating :D
What is the name of the chemical formula Na3AlF6?
Na3AlF6 is the chemical formula of sodium hexafluoroaluminate (cryolite).
How adding molten cryolite reduces the cost of the process by reducing the the energy demand?
by the process of crucification
What is the main sources of alminium?
The main sources of aluminum are bauxite ore, beryl, spinel, garnet and cryolite.
What has the author Habib Nazeri written?
Habib Nazeri has written: 'The measurement of the heat transfer coefficient between cryolite and ledge'
