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Preface | |
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Editor's Biography | |
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Program Organizer's | |
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Aluminum Committee | |
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Alumina and Bauxite | |
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HSEC | |
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Safety Performance at Alunorte | |
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Tailings Impoundment Life Extension at Sherwin Alumina: Success Breeds Its Own Challenges | |
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Proposed Mechanism for the Formation of Dust Horizons on Bauxite Residue Disposal Areas | |
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Waste into Wealth | |
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Short- and Long-Range Order in Smelter Grade Alumina - Development of Nano- and Microstructure during the Calcination of Bayer Gibbsite | |
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Equipment | |
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Advanced Filtration Methods for Pregnant Liquor Purification | |
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Digestion Energy Efficiency at RTA Yarwun Alumina Refinery | |
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Operational Experience with a Brownfield Expansion Project in Sayanogorsk, Russia | |
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MAX HTTMSodalite Scale Inhibitor: Plant Experience and Impact on the Process | |
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How to Achieve High Availability with Large Calciners and Avoid Unforseen Downtime | |
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Customized Descaling Robots - Improving Worker's Health and Safety, Increasing Alumina Production Capacity | |
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Determination of a Suitable Dewatering Technology for Filtration of Bauxite after Pipeline Transport | |
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Bauxite | |
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Chinese Bauxite and Its Influences on Alumina Production in China | |
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Alunorte Bauxite Dewatering Station - a Unique Experience | |
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A New Method Using Hydraulic Excavator and Tractor on Paragominas Bauxite Mine | |
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Design and Operation of the World's First Long Distance Bauxite Slurry Pipeline | |
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Bauxite to Gallium - The Electronic Metal of the Twenty-First Century | |
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Behaviour of Berylium in Alumina Production from Bauxites by Bayer Process and Development of Reliable Method of Its Determination | |
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Impact of Jamaican Bauxite Mineralogy on Plant Operations | |
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Additives | |
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New Crystal Growth Modifiers for Bayer Process | |
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The Effect of DSP Structure on Removal of Impurities from Refinery Liquor and Efficiency of Alkali Recovery Process | |
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Performance Appraisal of Evaporation System with Scale Inhibitor Application in Alunorte Plant | |
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Cost Savings by Improved Filtration and Washing of Al-Hydrate Product | |
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Autoprecipitation Control with HXPAM Technology | |
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Application and Performance Characteristics of Superfloc TF-8000 - A New HXPAM Based Hydrate Flocculant | |
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Operations | |
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The Kinetics of Quartz Dissolution in Caustic Solutions and Synthetic Bayer Liquors | |
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Potential Improvements of Bauxite Atmospheric Digestion Circuit | |
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Process Diagnosis Based on Neural Network Expert System for Gas Suspension Calcinations of Aluminum Hydroxide | |
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Review on the Quality of Alumina | |
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Precipitation | |
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The Effects of Wet Oxidation on Hydrate Yield Inhibitors in Alkaline Aluminate Solutions | |
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Using Mass Balance for Solids Concentration Control at Agglomerator Tanks | |
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The Most Important Sustainable Development Issues of Chinese Alumina Industry | |
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The Impact of Conversion from Batch to Continuous Agglomeration at the Ewarton Alumina Refinery | |
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Characterization Profile in Scales from CVG-Bauxilum | |
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Aluminum Reduction Technology | |
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Sustainability and Environment | |
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Innovative Solutions to Sustainability in Hydro | |
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Smelters in the EU and the Challenge of the Emission Trading Scheme | |
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Wireless Measurement of Duct Temperatures on Aluminum Smelting Pots: Correlation to Roofline HF Concentration | |
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Hard Gray Scale | |
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Comparison of PFC Emission Rates for Operating and Newly Started Pots at a Horizontal Stud Soderberg Smelter | |
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Reduced Emissions from the Elkem Aluminium Lista S�derberg Smelter | |
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Comparison of PFC Emission Coefficients for Operating and Startup Pots at a Side Work Prebake Smelter | |
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Scrubbing: Development of a Technical Audit System for Process, Operation and Maintenance | |
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Cell Development Part I and Operations | |
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The FECRI Approach and the Latest Development of AP3X Technology | |
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Expansion of the Potline in Slovalco | |
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The Alcan's P155 Smelters Now Operating at 195 kA: A Successful Assets Optimization Strategy | |
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Design Enhancements to GP320 Technology at Balco | |
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The Continuous Development of SAMI's SY300 Technology | |
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Increase of Amperage at Sayanogorsk Aluminum Smelter | |
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Anode Signal Analysis: The Next Generation in Reduction Cell Control | |
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Image Analysis for Estimation of Anode Cover Material Composition | |
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An Automated Metal Purity Optimization System for Enhanced Revenue Capture | |
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Impact of Alumina Fines Content on Potline Performance Ouro Preto Smelter | |
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Process Control | |
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Common Cell Behavior and Cell Abnormalities in Aluminium Reduction Cells | |
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Novel Method of Measuring the Liquidus and Bath Temperature of Hall-H�roult Cells | |
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Analysis of a Potroom Performance Drift, from a Multivariate Point of View | |
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Experimental Designs for Use in the Aluminium Industry | |
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Practical Applications of the Continous Measurement of Individual Anode Currents in Hall-Heroult Cells | |
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Experiments on Wireless Measurement of Anode Currents in Hall Cells | |
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Smart Feeders at Alumar Plant | |
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Breakthrough in Analysis of Electrolytic Bath Using Rietveld-XRD Method | |
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Model Predictive Control of Superheat for Prebake Aluminum Production Cells | |
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The Application of Data Mining Technology in the National Aluminum Test Base | |
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Discussion of Alumina Feeding Control Strategies | |
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The Impact of Bath Ratio Control Improvements on Current Efficiency Increase | |
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Aluminum Industry in Mid-East | |
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Aluminium Smelting Greenhouse Footprint and Sustainability | |
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Development of Aluminum Production Capacity in the Middle East and Siberia | |
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Rusals Expansion Based on Hydropower | |
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DX Technology: The Development and the Way Forward | |
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Alba Line 5 Expansion - Solutions for a Better Environment | |
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Reduction Cell Modelling | |
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Optimization in Magnetic Modeling | |
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Shallow Water Model for Aluminium Electrolysis Cells with Variable Top and Bottom | |
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Impact of the Vertical Potshell Deformation on the MHD Cell Stability Behavior of a 500kA Aluminum Electrolysis Cell | |
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Comparison of Various Methods for Modeling the Metal-Bath Interface | |
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Modeling and Measurement of Metal Pad Velocity in a 208 Ka End to End Prebaked Cells | |
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Dynamics of the Gas Emission from Aluminum Electrolysis Cells | |
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Freeze Thickness in the Aluminum Electrolysis Cells | |
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Application of Mathematical Methods to Optimize Aluminium Production in Pre-Baked Anode Cells | |
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Two-Dimensional Model of Melt Flows and Interface Instability in Aluminum Reduction Cells | |
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Cell Development Part II | |
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Last Development in AP50 Cell | |
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Fjardaal Smelter Project, Iceland - Modular Construction | |
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Successful Dry Restart of the Hamburg Smelter | |
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Years of Continues Improvements in TALUM Smelter | |
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Faster Normalisation of Cells After Bath up | |
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Development of New Generation SY300 Technology | |
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Thyristor Rectifiers for Aluminium Plants with Advanced Freewheeling Control | |
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Alcoa's Pathway to Reliability Excellence | |
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Fundamentals, New Technologies, Inert Anodes | |
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Technical Contributions of the Late Warren Haupin - A Review | |
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Top Heat Loss in Hall-Heroult Cells | |
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Electrolysis of Aluminum in the Low Melting Electrolytes Based on Potassium Cryolite | |
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Influence of CaF2 on the Properties of the Low-Temperature Electrolyte Based on the KF-AlF3 (CR=1,3) System | |
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Temperature of Primary Crystallization in Part of System Na3AlF6-K3AlF6-AlF3 | |
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Electrical Conductivity of (Na3AlF6-40 wt%K3AlF6) - AlF3 wt% Melts | |
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Chemical and Electrochemical Reactions in the Al-Al2O3-Na2SO4 System at 927�C | |
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Effect of LiF on Liquidus Temperature, Density and Electrical Conductivity of Molten Cryolite | |
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The Development of 85kA Three-Layer Electrolysis Cell for Refining of Aluminum | |
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Cast Shop Technology | |
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Sustainability in the Casthouse | |
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Melting Furnaces, Technical Developments Reviewed and Thoughts for the Future | |
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Metal Treatment Update | |
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Highest Efficiency and Economic Burner Concepts for the Metallurgical Industry | |
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Evaluation and Reduction of Potroom Bath Carryover to the Casthouse | |
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Understanding of the Mechanisms of Bath Carry-Over with Molten Aluminium in Smelters | |
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Chloride Salt Injection to Replace Chlorine in the Alcoa A622 Degassing Process | |
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Casthouse Operation | |
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ICON: Pre-Treatment of Pot-Room Metal | |
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Gas Fluxing of Molten Aluminum: An Overview | |
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Monolithic Refractory Furnace Linings Designed for Rapid Commisioning | |
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Design Considerations for Holding and Casting Furnaces | |
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Producing Gloss Extruded Shape Products for Special Applications -Experience from Practice | |
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Nonmetallic Inclusions in the Secondary Aluminium Industry for the Production of Aerospace Alloys | |
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Effect of Temperature and Charge Borings in the Fluidity of an Aluminum-Silicon Alloy | |
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Production of Aluminium-Silicon-Magnesium Wrought Alloy Rod with Application in the Manufacture of Extra-High Conductivity AAAC for Overhead Electrical Transmission Lines | |
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Melt Handling and Treatment | |
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Melt Treatment - Evolution and Perspectives | |
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Optimisation of the Melt Quality in Casting/Holding Furnaces | |
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Variations in Aluminium Grain Refiner Performance and the Impact on Addition Optimization | |
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Improved Understanding of the Melting Behavior of Fused Magnesium Chloride-Potassium Chloride Based Refining Fluxes | |
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Development of an Improved System for the Filtration of Molten Aluminium Based on a Three Stage Reactor Employing a Cyclone as the Final Stage | |
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Mechanisms of Inclusion Removal from Aluminum through Filtration | |
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The Effect of Solid Particles on Foaming Process of Aluminum Melt | |
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Predicting of Effect of Delivery System Configuration on Flow and Solidification in the Pool of Twin-Roll Strip Casting | |
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Foundry Ingots and Alloys | |
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Chain Conveyor Remelt Ingot Casting Improvement | |
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Quality and Productivity Improvements in the Manufacture of Foundry (A356.2) Alloy Ingots at Aluminium Bahrain | |
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Microstructural Improvement of Semi Solid Hypoeutectic Al-Si Foundry Alloys through Boron Addition | |
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Characterization of Zn-Al Alloys with Different Structures Using Solidification and Electrochemical Parameters | |
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Study of AlTiBC Master Alloy | |
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Casting Processes and Quality Analysis | |
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Characterization of the Microstructure of the AA8006 Alloy Sheets and Foils | |
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Determination of TiB2 Inclusions in Al-Billets by Single Spark Emission Spectrometry | |
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Mastering the Strip Geometrical Tolerances with the Twin-Roll Continuous Strip-Casting Technology | |
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On the Formation of Interdendritic Cracking Phenomena in Direct Chill Casting of Aluminum Alloy Slabs | |
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Novelis Fusion, a Novel Process for the Future | |
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Wrinkling Phenomena to Explain Vertical Fold Defects in DC-Cast Al-Mg4.5 | |
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Investigation of Hydrogen Measurement Technique for Molten Aluminum | |
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Ab-Initio Predictions of Interfacial Heat Flows during the High Speed Thin Strip Casting | |
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of Metals and Alloys | |
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Modelling | |
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Mushy Zone Mechanics and the Modeling Solidification Defects in DC Cast Aluminum | |
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Coupled Modeling of Air-Gap Formation and Surface Exudation during Ingot DCCasting | |
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DC Cast Thermal and Fluid Flow Simulation Using a Semi-Permeable Model of TF Combo Bag | |
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Cyclone Application for Molten Aluminium: Numerical Approach | |
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Heat Transfer during Melt Spinning of Al-7%Si Alloy on a Cu-Be Wheel | |
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Inclusion Transport Phenomena in Casting Furnaces | |
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Gas Fluxing of Aluminum: Modeling Fluid Dynamics and Magnesium Removal | |
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Analysis of the Interaction of Particles with Non-Planar Solidifying Interface | |
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Electrode Technology Symposium (formerly Carbon Technology) | |
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Carbon Sustainability and Environment Aspects | |
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Triple Low-Triple High, Concepts for the Anode Plant of the Future | |
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New Environmental Approach at Baking Furnace | |
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Pneumatic Transfer of Fine Carbon Residues at Albras - a Case Study at the Carbon Plant | |
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Development In Situ of a Semi-Automated System in the Casting Station: A Case Study at Albras | |
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Chemical Stability of Fluorides Related to Spent Potlining | |
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Anode Raw Materials and Properties | |
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Coke Blending and Fines Circuit Targeting at the Alcoa Deschambault Smelter | |
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Design Criteria for Petcoke Calciners | |
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Understanding the Calcined Coke VBD- Porosity Paradox | |
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New Analytical Methods to Determine Calcined Coke Porosity, Shape, and Size | |
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Coke and Anode Desulfurization Studies | |
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Structural Evaluation of Petroleum and Coal Tar Pitch for the Elaboration of Anodes in the Industry of the Aluminum | |
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Anode Manufacturing and Developments | |
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Anode Butts Automated Visual Inspection System | |
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New Rodding Shop Solutions | |
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Safe Operation of Anode Baking Furnaces | |
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Baking Furnace Optimisation | |
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New Concept for a Green Anode Plant | |
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Modelling of Anode Thermal Cracking Behavior | |
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Characteristic and Development of Production Technology of Carbon Anode in China | |
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Cathodes Raw Materials and Properties | |
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ISO Standards for Testing of Cathode Materials | |
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Test and Analysis of Nitride Bonded SiC Sidelining Materials: Typical Properties Analyzed 1997-2007 | |
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High Swelling Cold Ramming Paste for Aluminum Reduction Cell | |
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Wear Mechanism Study of Silicon Nitride Bonded Silicon Carbide Refractory Materials | |
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Chemical Resistance of Sidelining Refractory Based on Si3N4 Bonded SiC | |
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Sodium Vapour Degradation of Refractories Used in Aluminium Cells | |
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The Effect of Current Density on Cathode Expansion during Start-Up | |
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Change of Electrical Resistivity of Graphitized Cathode Block during and after Electrolysis in Alumina Molten Salts | |
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Cathodes Manufacturing and Developments | |
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Constitutive Laws of Carboneous Materials of Aluminium Electrolysis Cell: Current Knowledge and Future Development | |
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Cathode Hot Patching to Prolong Cathode Cell Life at DUBAL | |
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High-Performance Preparation Plant for Cathode Paste | |
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Twelve Years of Experience with a Fully Automated Gas Preheating System for S�derberg and Prebake Cells | |
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Cell Preheat/Start-up and Early Operation | |
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Properties of Pitch and Furan-Based TiB2-C Cathodes | |
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Electrodeposition of TiB2 from Cryolite-Alumina Melts | |
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Creep Deformation in TiB2/C Composite Cathode Materials for Aluminum Electrolysis | |
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Penetration of Sodium and Electrolyte to Vibratory Compaction TiB2 Cathode | |
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Effect of Grain Gradation on Tapped Packing Efficiency in Preparing TiB2-C Composite Cathode for Aluminum Electrolysis | |
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Inert Anode | |
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Inert Anodes: An Update | |
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Effects of the NaF to AlF3 Ratio on Fe-Ni-Al2O3 Anode Properties for Aluminum Electrolysis | |
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Anti-Oxidation Properties of Iron-Nickel Alloys at 800-900�C | |
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Effects of Rare Earth Element on Oxide Behavior of Fe-Ni Metal Anode for Aluminium Electrolysis | |
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Effect of Additive CaO on Corrosion Resistance of 10NiO-NiFe2O4 Ceramic Inert Anodes for Aluminium Electrolysis | |
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Hot and Cold Rolling Technology | |
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The Role of Crystallographic Texture on the Performance of Flat Rolled Aluminum Products for Aerospace Applications | |
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Texture Evolution during Rolling of Aluminum Alloys | |
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Optimizing the Winding of Aluminium Strip | |
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Innovations in Surface Quality Inspection as a Cornerstone for Production Optimization | |
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Effect of Surface Engineering on Roll Bonding of the AA2024 Al Clad Plate | |
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Recycling | |
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Light Metals | |
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Dynamic Processes for the Recycling of Low-Quality Charge Materials | |
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Fundamental Study of the Decoating of Aluminium Beverage Can | |
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The Recycling of Aluminum from Building and Construction Applications | |
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Author Index | |
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Subject Index | |