Deville process

The Deville process, also known as the Sainte-Claire Deville process, was the first industrial process used to produce aluminium. It involves reacting sodium metal with aluminium chloride. It was developed by Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville in 1854. Aluminium produced using the Deville process typically contains 1% iron and 0.75% silicon.

This article is about the aluminium production process. For the alumina production process, see Deville–Pechiney process.

The Deville process, also known as the Sainte-Claire Deville process,^[1]: 86 was the first industrial process used to produce aluminium. It involves reacting sodium metal with aluminium chloride.^[2]: 103 It was developed by Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville in 1854.^[3]: 39 Aluminium produced using the Deville process typically contains 1% iron and 0.75% silicon.^[2]: 106

See also

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• History of aluminium#Early industrial production
• Wöhler process
• Hall–Héroult process

References

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1. ^ Habashi, Fathi (2016). "A Hundred Years of the Bayer Process for Alumina Production". Essential Readings in Light Metals. pp. 85–93. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48176-0_12. ISBN 978-3-319-48574-4.
2. ^ ^{a b} McNeil, Ian (2002). An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-98165-6.
3. ^ Drozdov, Andrey (2007). Aluminium: The Thirteenth Element (PDF). RUSAL Library. ISBN 978-5-91523-002-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2019-06-09.

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