Carbothermic reduction and prereduced charge for producing aluminum-silicon alloys
Disclosed is a method for the carbothermic reduction of aluminum oxide to form an aluminum alloy including producing silicon carbide by heating a first mix of carbon and silicon oxide in a combustion reactor to an elevated temperature sufficient to produce silicon carbide at an accelerated rate, the heating being provided by an in situ combustion with oxygen gas, and then admixing the silicon carbide with carbon and aluminum oxide to form a second mix and heating the second mix in a second reactor to an elevated metal-forming temperature sufficient to produce aluminum-silicon alloy. The prereduction step includes holding aluminum oxide substantially absent from the combustion reactor. The metal-forming step includes feeding silicon oxide in a preferred ratio with silicon carbide. 1 fig.
- Research Organization:
- Aluminum Co of America
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-77CS40079
- Assignee:
- Aluminum Co. of America, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4491472; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 6-472670
- OSTI ID:
- 7257793
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 7 Mar 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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