Hall-Héroult process

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Etymology[edit]

Named after the American chemist Charles Martin Hall and the Frenchman Paul Héroult, who invented it independently in 1886.

Proper noun[edit]

Hall-Héroult process

  1. A major industrial process for smelting aluminium, by dissolving alumina in molten cryolite and then performing electrolysis.