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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Fields, Penn Township, Westmoreland County, PA (US);
Elmer H Rogers, Jr, Murrysville, PA (US);
Larry K King, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ; C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 67 ; 2042 / ; 204246 ; 204247 ;
Abstract
Separating volatile impurities from AlCl.sub.3 by supplying impure AlCl.sub.3 into a molten salt bath of a gas separation compartment in an electrolysis cell. The impurities are removed from the compartment and molten salt bath containing dissolved AlCl.sub.3 is carried under a partition into a chamber where the AlCl.sub.3 is electrolyzed. In a preferred embodiment, desublimation is avoided by supplying AlCl.sub.3 to the bath as a gas rather than in solid form.