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Light Metals 2019

  • Definitive reference in the field of aluminum production and related light metal technologies
  • Annual volume that has presented the most recent developments, discoveries, and practices in primary aluminum science and technology for more than 45 years
  • Covers leading-edge developments on alumina and bauxite, aluminum alloys, processing, characterization, reduction, cast shop and electrode technology, and melt refining

Part of the book series: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series (MMMS)

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Table of contents (209 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvi
  2. Alumina & Bauxite: Bayer Process and Non-conventional Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Advances in Beneficiation of Low-Grade Bauxite

      • Lala Behari Sukla, Archana Pattanaik, Debabrata Pradhan
      Pages 3-10
    3. Leaching Kinetics of Thermally-Activated, High Silica Bauxite

      • Hong Peng, Steven Peters, James Vaughan
      Pages 11-17
    4. Rheological Improvements in Alumina Industry Clarification Circuits

      • Lawrence J. Andermann Jr., Adrian Mullins, Cameron Smyth, Clive Roscoe
      Pages 19-26
    5. Improving the Reliability of Fluidized Bed Alumina Calciners by Suitable Refractory Lining Selection

      • Mariana A. L. Braulio, José R. Cunha, Austin J. Maxwell, Dean Whiteman, Victor C. Pandolfelli
      Pages 27-32
    6. Synchronous Desulfurization and Desilication of Low-Grade and High-Sulfur Bauxite by a Flotation Process

      • Wencui Chai, Guihong Han, Yanfang Huang, Yijun Cao, Jiongtian Liu
      Pages 35-38
    7. Preparing Alumina by an Electrolytic Method from Sulfuric Acid Leachate of Coal Fly Ash

      • Yuan Shi, Kai-xi Jiang, Ting-an Zhang, Guo-zhi Lv
      Pages 39-43
  3. Alumina & Bauxite: Bauxite Residue: Management and Valorization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
    2. Use of Two Filtration Stages for Bauxite Residue

      • Roberto Seno Jr., Rodrigo Aparecido Moreno, Heri Cristine Nakamura
      Pages 47-56
    3. Environmental Friendly Transformation of the First and Oldest Alumina Refinery in the World

      • Laurent Bonel, Philippe Clerin, Laurent Guillaumont
      Pages 57-67
    4. Accelerating Bauxite Residue Remediation with Microbial Biotechnology

      • T. C. Santini, K. Warren, M. Raudsepp, N. Carter, D. Hamley, C. McCosker et al.
      Pages 69-77
    5. Simulation and Experiment Study on Carbonization Process of Calcified Slag with Different Ventilation Modes

      • Guanting Liu, Liu Yan, Xiaolong Li, Weihua Sun, Zimu Zhang, Ting’an Zhang
      Pages 79-85
    6. An Ecological Approach to the Rehabilitation of Bauxite Residue

      • Elisa Di Carlo, Ronan Courtney
      Pages 87-92
    7. Quantitative X-Ray Diffraction Study into Bauxite Residue Mineralogical Phases

      • John Vogrin, Harrison Hodge, Talitha Santini, Hong Peng, James Vaughan
      Pages 93-99
    8. Migration of Iron, Aluminum and Alkali Metal Within Pre-reduced-Smelting Separation of Bauxite Residue

      • Jian Pan, Siwei Li, Deqing Zhu, Jiwei Xu, Jianlei Chou
      Pages 107-111
  4. Aluminum Alloys, Processing and Characterization: Aluminum Alloy Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
    2. Influence of Amine Additives on the Electrodeposition of Aluminum from AlCl3-Dimethyl Sulfone Electrolytes

      • S. A. Salman, Sangjae Kim, Kensuke Kuroda, Masazumi Okido
      Pages 115-119

About this book

The Light Metals symposia at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition present the most recent developments, discoveries, and practices in primary aluminum science and technology. The annual Light Metals volume has become the definitive reference in the field of aluminum production and related light metal technologies. The 2019 collection includes papers from the following symposia:                     
1. Alumina and Bauxite
2. Aluminum Alloys, Processing, and Characterization
3. Aluminum Reduction Technology
4. Cast Shop Technology
5. Cast Shop Technology: Energy Joint Session
6. DGM-TMS Symposium on Lightweight Metals
7. Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production
8. REWAS 2019: Cast Shop Recycling Technologies
9. Scandium Extraction and Use in Aluminum Alloys
10. Ultrasonic Processing of Liquid and Solidifying Alloys


Editors and Affiliations

  • Metal Quality Solutions, LLC, Avonmore, USA

    Corleen Chesonis

About the editor

About TMS

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) is a member-driven international professional society dedicated to fostering the exchange of learning and ideas across the entire range of materials science and engineering, from minerals processing and primary metals production, to basic research and the advanced applications of materials. Included among its nearly 13,000 professional and student members are metallurgical and materials engineers, scientists, researchers, educators, and administrators from more than 70 countries on six continents.

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Hardcover Book USD 449.99
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