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... retorts , illustrated . 134 Operation in the retorts 135 137 138 • 139 141 · Deville , Rivot , and Tissier on the temperature Wagner's improvement ; Attempts to reduce potassium and sodium together · Weldon's calculation of the cost of ...
... retorts , illustrated . 134 Operation in the retorts 135 137 138 • 139 141 · Deville , Rivot , and Tissier on the temperature Wagner's improvement ; Attempts to reduce potassium and sodium together · Weldon's calculation of the cost of ...
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... retort , volatilize aluminium chloride from another , and allow the vapors to meet in a third . The assertion made by him at first that he could place the metal on the market at $ 1.25 per pound has not been verified . " Dr. Hunt , in ...
... retort , volatilize aluminium chloride from another , and allow the vapors to meet in a third . The assertion made by him at first that he could place the metal on the market at $ 1.25 per pound has not been verified . " Dr. Hunt , in ...
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... retort until it was completely exhausted , con- siderable quantities of gas were withdrawn . The liberation of the gas from the metal seems to take * Sci . Am . Suppl . , Aug. 7 , 1880 . place suddenly towards a red - white heat . 200 ...
... retort until it was completely exhausted , con- siderable quantities of gas were withdrawn . The liberation of the gas from the metal seems to take * Sci . Am . Suppl . , Aug. 7 , 1880 . place suddenly towards a red - white heat . 200 ...
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... retort , ignites and leads Cl gas through . The coal then reduces the alumina , and there results A12C16 and CO , and perhaps also some phosgene , COCI2 ; the Al2C1 is caught in the con- denser and the gases escape . The Al2C1 is white ...
... retort , ignites and leads Cl gas through . The coal then reduces the alumina , and there results A12C16 and CO , and perhaps also some phosgene , COCI2 ; the Al2C1 is caught in the con- denser and the gases escape . The Al2C1 is white ...
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... retort a small piece of AlCI® with some potassium , and the retort was shattered with a strong explosion . I tried then to do it in a small platinum crucible , in which it succeeded very well . The reaction is always so violent that the ...
... retort a small piece of AlCI® with some potassium , and the retort was shattered with a strong explosion . I tried then to do it in a small platinum crucible , in which it succeeded very well . The reaction is always so violent that the ...
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acid alkali alloy of aluminium alum alumina aluminium bronze aluminium chloride beauxite brittle calcining carbonic oxide cast cent charcoal charge Chem chemical clay color condenser containing cooling copper corundum Cowles Bros crucible cryolite cupelled decomposed deposit Deville Deville's dissolved double chloride earthen crucible easily electricity electrodes electrolysis experiments fluoride fluorspar flux formed Fremy furnace fused fusible fusion give globules grammes grms heated to redness hydrochloric acid hydrogen ingot iron kilos layer malleable manufacture mass melted method Mierzinski minium mixed mixture NaCl nitric acid obtained operation oxide patent placed porcelain potassium pounds powder precipitated producing aluminium properties pulverized pure aluminium quantity reaction red heat reduced residue retort reverberatory furnace Salindres salt silicon silver slag soda sodium sodium fluoride solder solution Stohman sulphate sulphide sulphur temperature tion Tissier tube vapor vessel volatile washing Wöhler zinc
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