Aluminum smelting is the most electricity-intensive process in manufacturing. Pr

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Aluminum smelting is the most electricity-intensive process in manufacturing. Pr

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Aluminum smelting is the most electricity-intensive process in manufacturing. Producing one ton requires 14,000 kWh, enough to power an American home for 16 months. The Hall-Héroult process, invented in 1886, dissolves alumina in a bath of molten cryolite at 960°C and passes