Hall-Héroult process
English
Etymology
Named after the American chemist Charles Martin Hall and the Frenchman Paul Héroult, who invented it independently in 1886.
Proper noun
- A major industrial process for smelting aluminium, by dissolving alumina in molten cryolite and then performing electrolysis.
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