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The solubility of aluminium in NaF-AlF3-Al2O3 melts with various additives was found to increase with increasing NaF/AlF3 molar ratio (CR) and increasing temperature and to decrease with additions of Al2O3, CaF2, MgF2 and LiF to the melts. The following empirical equation was derived;
where all concentrations are in wt% and T is the temperature (K).
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Ødegård, R., Sterten, Å., Thonstad, J. (2016). The Solubility of Aluminium in Cryolitic Melts. In: Bearne, G., Dupuis, M., Tarcy, G. (eds) Essential Readings in Light Metals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48156-2_6
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