Word: hixson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...This is the greatest contribution to aluminum metallurgy since the Hall process of 1886-if it is cheap as the inventor says." So commented the Aluminum Co. of America on a new process for extracting alumina from common clay announced last week by Chemical Engineer Arthur W. Hixson of Columbia University...
...Hixson believes his process will not only free the U.S. from dependence on imported ores but will provide alumina cheaper than present methods of extracting it from high-grade bauxite ores. The process takes advantage of the fact that part of the aluminum silicate of which clay is largely composed is aluminum oxide. Boiling hydrochloric acid, Hixson found, combines with the oxide to form aluminum chloride dissolved in water (though it does not affect the silica). Impurities such as iron chloride (formed at the same time) are then removed with an ether. The remaining aluminum' chloride solution is then...
...Hixson thinks his process can produce alumina from rich clays and low-grade bauxite for about $31 per ton. Present cost of alumina made from rich bauxite ores is estimated at between...