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Have you ever wondered how aluminium is made?

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  • čas přidán 5. 01. 2020
  • Aluminium is at the heart of modern life, from the smartphone in your hand, to the plane you fly in, to the buildings where you live and work. As economies grow and living standards rise, industry experts expect that demand for aluminium will increase.
    Learn more about Aluminium: www.ega.ae/en/products/
    Step 1: Bauxite Mining
    The production process for aluminium starts with the mining of bauxite ore. Layers of bauxite are generally found near the surface so it is extracted through open cast mining. Around 90% of the world's resources are in tropical & sub-tropical regions
    Step 2: Alumina Refining
    Bauxite is refined into alumina using the Bayer process. Two or three tonnes of bauxite are required to produice one tonne of alumina. In the digestion stage, hot caustic acid is added to the bauxite to dissolve the aluminium bearing minerals in the bauxite. Clarification separates bauxite solids from the pregnant liquor via sedimentation. In the precipitation stage, alumina crystals are recovered from the liquor via crystallization. Calcination is a roasting process to remove the remaining water.
    Step 3: Aluminium Smelting
    Alumina is smelted into aluminum using the Hall-Heroult process. It takes two tonnes of alumina to produce one tonne of aluminium. Alumina is poured into special reduction cells called pots with an electrolytic bath of molten salt called cryolite at temperatures around 960 degrees Celsius. An electrical current is then projected into the mixture at 400KA or above. This current then breaks the bonds between aluminium and oxygen atoms in alumina, resulting in liquid aluminum settling at the bottom of the reduction cell.
    Step 4: Casting
    Aluminium is then transferred to the cast house, where it is made into products using several different methods. Alloys are added into many of our products, according to customer specifications, before the solidification stage. In re-melt casting aluminum, at a temperature of 700 degree Celsius, is poured into moulds. The moulds are cooled and the aluminium solidified before being packed and shipped to the customer. EGA also supplies nearby customers in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi. Receiving aluminum as molten metal eliminates the need to use high energy to re-melt it before use. We transfer molten metal by truck in preheated 14.5 tonne crucibles which can keep the metal liquid for 18 hours at temperatures of around 780 degrees Celsius.

Komentáře • 102

  • @Raptorman0909
    @Raptorman0909 Před 4 lety +31

    This was a very well done video with appropriate animations that informed without distracting. Impressed!

  • @adnanghoniya1124
    @adnanghoniya1124 Před 4 lety +47

    Beautiful animation , thoroughly presented.
    Thank you ,
    EGA.

  • @ymj4256
    @ymj4256 Před 3 lety +11

    You make it look like some paradise where you mine.

  • @moreshravan
    @moreshravan Před 3 lety +30

    Awesome animation .Helped a lot in learning about ALuminium Smelting Class 10

    • @xenon6138
      @xenon6138 Před 3 lety

      Same

    • @muhammadalisiddiqui7640
      @muhammadalisiddiqui7640 Před 3 lety

      Waise itna aayega nahi jitna dekh rahe hai hum, maine 15 saal ke pyq dekhe kahi nahi tha aisa

    • @codea4272
      @codea4272 Před 3 lety

      Everything look easy until there's a pot leak.

    • @thomasstenersen9042
      @thomasstenersen9042 Před 3 lety

      @@codea4272 hahaha i hate when that happends:( it`s a mess to clean up. Soon 20 years of my life in a casthouse

    • @yuk_34
      @yuk_34 Před 2 lety

      Same

  • @fwbproductions521
    @fwbproductions521 Před 3 lety +3

    Amazingly explained...perfect work..great industry..awsome people..just loved it..wish to be a part of this amazing industry..

  • @justtelescopic5187
    @justtelescopic5187 Před 4 lety +2

    Just wow ...knowing extraction of aluminium from its makers itself....
    Thanks a lot....

  • @Arceus4013
    @Arceus4013 Před 4 lety +1

    most informative video i have watched, this will definitely help many people

  • @raisnizamuddin7788
    @raisnizamuddin7788 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent animation, easy to understand, great EGA 👍

  • @jadinwemette8251
    @jadinwemette8251 Před 3 lety

    Extremely informative animation. Feel as if I learned quite a lot about the process.

  • @srajanamin2648
    @srajanamin2648 Před 4 lety +2

    Truly beautiful animation and indeed informative too!

  • @manjunathgkallur
    @manjunathgkallur Před 3 lety +1

    very user-friendly narration. thank you

  • @sammedchougule4940
    @sammedchougule4940 Před 3 lety +1

    Crystal clear animation, Great !

  • @gregkocher5352
    @gregkocher5352 Před rokem +1

    At about 5.00 the ingot caster is shown. At my plant we had electromagnetic casting molds which were fascinating to study. We also had older direct chill molds. I was told that the use of EMC eliminated the need to use a scarfing saw to prep the ingot sides prior to hot rolling. DCC would cause unwanted surface defects that the saw would remove. Nice animation.

  • @cyril6813
    @cyril6813 Před 2 lety +1

    Even though done 2 years ago I helps a lot in understanding the concepts thankyou for this very well done animation.

  • @indahkusumawardani5688
    @indahkusumawardani5688 Před 3 lety +3

    The visualization is awesome!, thanks a lot anyway

  • @TanishqTulsi
    @TanishqTulsi Před 3 lety +2

    Thankyou EGA

  • @Psycandy
    @Psycandy Před 3 lety +2

    excellent. There's a similar presentation from the 1950's that is very entertaining (HOW IT'S MADE: Aluminum) and gives some personality to the process. This is great, though, thanks!

  • @avisheksunani7652
    @avisheksunani7652 Před 3 lety

    Best animation video....just loved it..Well done guys

  • @ShashiSingh-ig2fg
    @ShashiSingh-ig2fg Před 3 lety +3

    Wonderful explanation

  • @roetemeteor
    @roetemeteor Před 4 lety +8

    Thanks for the info. Using this as quest inspiration for my DF tabletop game. Just need to find out what happens if the process fails during the acid treatment or if the alumina isn't allowed to be in electrolysis long enough now.

    • @codea4272
      @codea4272 Před 3 lety

      You can just take out the aluminium. And the process just continue, you don't need to stop the reduction cell(pot) to take out the aluminium.

  • @francoreuc3691
    @francoreuc3691 Před 3 lety

    thanks a lot EGA 🙌

  • @mehaboobpk9571
    @mehaboobpk9571 Před 4 lety +2

    Wow ..Good Animation

  • @kousalyaradder5290
    @kousalyaradder5290 Před 4 lety +1

    Informative

  • @titocleetus
    @titocleetus Před 3 lety

    Awesome Animation and shared a brilliant information

  • @Leonardo-cs7nh
    @Leonardo-cs7nh Před 4 lety

    Nice video

  • @maheswaranm2243
    @maheswaranm2243 Před 3 lety +1

    Good Work keep uploading more Info ✨

  • @tapashguha1687
    @tapashguha1687 Před 4 lety

    Nice video sir

  • @wenqianwu9495
    @wenqianwu9495 Před 2 lety

    Really wonderful video!!!

  • @burakenc3450
    @burakenc3450 Před 2 lety

    That was the besst vide, i have ever seen. Thnak you so much, you helped me a lot and saved my project!

  • @casachin21
    @casachin21 Před 2 lety

    Very Well explained.

  • @befontes
    @befontes Před rokem

    It's a great apresentation. Thanks for the share.

  • @Anna-wq6tj
    @Anna-wq6tj Před 2 lety

    This helped so much!

  • @abhishekvanenooru2869
    @abhishekvanenooru2869 Před 5 měsíci

    thank you for informative video

  • @ObitechITSupport
    @ObitechITSupport Před 2 lety

    Wow
    So educative and interesting

  • @aadelalneyadi1013
    @aadelalneyadi1013 Před 3 lety +1

    why we have to mix bauxite with caustic soda ? and why we have to form supersaturated sodium aluminate solution?

  • @skrypa7
    @skrypa7 Před 4 lety +2

    very beautiful animation!! Really easy to understand the whole process. Thank you so much!

  • @bongokingtv2220
    @bongokingtv2220 Před 4 lety

    very useful

  • @user-wk4gh7kf9u
    @user-wk4gh7kf9u Před 2 lety

    Good work

  • @arwaalzagri5245
    @arwaalzagri5245 Před rokem

    What an amazing video !

  • @cosimobrandizzi7922
    @cosimobrandizzi7922 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant thank you

  • @navyaprajapat9644
    @navyaprajapat9644 Před 4 lety +4

    no words its an exellent video ..great clarity thankyou

  • @bostangpalaguna228
    @bostangpalaguna228 Před 4 lety +1

    thanks. looking for hall-heroult and found this

  • @abdulmutwalibotai9798
    @abdulmutwalibotai9798 Před 3 lety

    Thanks 🤗🤗🤗

  • @muralirangasamy8139
    @muralirangasamy8139 Před 2 lety

    Very nice

  • @praphullbadghaiya8389

    Love from India

  • @kashifabbasiabbasi5388

    Very awesome video, if any person who has learnt about aluminum properties, application , uses, can he is qualified to apply for internship for professional learning, manufacturing pure aluminum from bauxite, silica and iron oxide bonded compound, ........can we get aluminium powder, silica sand segregated from, sodium oxide filtered out before formation of bauxite crystal.. pls respnd

  • @sayedmdmajidhussain3836

    Very well explained. Please make a animation vedio of making of carbon blocks.. Thank you

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  • @ken7174
    @ken7174 Před 3 lety

    It helped me

  • @sufianvirk2861
    @sufianvirk2861 Před rokem

    Good 😊

  • @oliverpardodelpino4216

    Do you know what animación software they uses?

  • @xxxbobmarleyxxx
    @xxxbobmarleyxxx Před 4 lety +11

    the video graphics, design and some chemical parts are all well made, although there are some very nasty mistakes in fundamental chemistry and process names...
    first, Hall-Héroult is a refining process of bauxite, and not the electrolysis process.
    second, What are those electrons flowing from the anode (+) to the cathode (-)?
    it's not a galvanic cell (e.g. battery), but the opposite (electrolytic cell)
    Also, from the way it's presented, it seems that carbon is a must reagent from the reaction, to take the lone Oxygen atoms away...
    for a better chemical explanation of this part: minute 2:05 at czcams.com/video/NW1k4wNEq14/video.html
    from Royal Society of Chemistry. (sorry for any bad English ...)

    • @quangho8120
      @quangho8120 Před 3 lety

      Wait what? Hall-Héroult is the electrolysis process. The Bayer process is the first refining step. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall%E2%80%93H%C3%A9roult_process

    • @xxxbobmarleyxxx
      @xxxbobmarleyxxx Před 3 lety

      @@quangho8120 my mistake on the Hall-Héroult. The rest stands... If not please comment

    • @denischarette8547
      @denischarette8547 Před 2 lety

      @@xxxbobmarleyxxx I see one mistake of which I`m sure. In the video, they should have made the electrons flow in the opposite direction, from cathode to anode.

  • @tsodera
    @tsodera Před 5 měsíci

    What will be the cost to setup this plant ?

  • @scottbilger9294
    @scottbilger9294 Před 3 lety

    A highly professional piece of work.

  • @jaredjacob89
    @jaredjacob89 Před 3 lety +1

    Well done, thank you.

  • @diphorem1704
    @diphorem1704 Před 3 lety

    Hello i want asked
    how many caustic soda solution you will mix?
    How many and which kind of seed crystal you will mix?
    How many cryolite is mixed?

    • @codea4272
      @codea4272 Před 3 lety

      The amount of cryolite use depends on the pot(reduction cell)

  • @esquivel1
    @esquivel1 Před 4 lety

    Please, what happens to the caustic liquid after filtration? Are there any uses for it to sell as a byproduct?

    • @vgesta
      @vgesta Před 4 lety +1

      it is recycled into the process

    • @tysonmoore5909
      @tysonmoore5909 Před 2 lety

      @@vgesta the site that I work at just dumps it into the ground

  • @user-uv8dx9ue6j
    @user-uv8dx9ue6j Před 3 lety

    NEAT

  • @ketankothari1092
    @ketankothari1092 Před 2 lety

    Sir I Want Business With U What's The Process For This I'm From City Ahmedabad India.

  • @babadonzo4234
    @babadonzo4234 Před 2 lety

    Guinea need the same plan

  • @richmilito5417
    @richmilito5417 Před 3 lety +1

    Tremendous heat loss during smelting. Need to provide insulation to process. Heat loss = energy loss = $ loss.

  • @manalfattima5404
    @manalfattima5404 Před 3 lety +1

    Isn’t electrolysis also used for the extraction of aluminium from aluminium oxide that comes from bauxite?

    • @jadinwemette8251
      @jadinwemette8251 Před 3 lety

      Didn't see that in the video leading up to the point of the reduction cells process. Only seen that alumina is fed into the cell using the electrolysis of the anodes and cathodes with the solution separating oxygen from the aluminum then created co2 that deteriorates the carbon blocks or anodes. Recycle and reuse must be a huge part of the process also.

  • @mrshmanckles1463
    @mrshmanckles1463 Před rokem

    How did they ever even discover aluminum with all that has to happen to make it?

  • @nidiislamislam224
    @nidiislamislam224 Před 9 měsíci

  • @sifathuljannah8686
    @sifathuljannah8686 Před 4 lety

    thank you for the information, may i use your video for presentation in my class?

  • @muneerashraf7979
    @muneerashraf7979 Před 4 lety +3

    my ambition is work to global aluminium emirates 😊😊😊

  • @MetalurgiaMéxico
    @MetalurgiaMéxico Před 2 lety

    Hi, if you want to know a detailed description of the Hall Héroult process, you can go to the following link: czcams.com/video/CL7-GBcRMTc/video.html
    It is in Spanish language for latino students of metallurgy.

  • @cupidondalama6275
    @cupidondalama6275 Před 4 lety +2

    🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳✌️✌️

  • @rameeznazeer619
    @rameeznazeer619 Před 3 lety

    Hi sir

  • @ken7174
    @ken7174 Před 3 lety

    Hi

  • @TestPrepareIn2Miutes
    @TestPrepareIn2Miutes Před 4 lety

    sir I can use your video for my informative video???

  • @agonov1
    @agonov1 Před 3 lety

    Yes right, the toxic byproduct are not been recycled, they end in an big hole, which forms a lake, and finally ends in the sea.... go and check the Alcoa factory in Spain, San Ciprian. Go and google Earth 43º42’03”N 7º29’19W (O alto de Lago)

  • @metalexaluminiumtechnology9814

    Hi everyone

  • @sibhis2612
    @sibhis2612 Před 2 lety +9

    Any class 10 students here?

  • @charlesjojobesitan5504

    () is silver-white metal, very lightweight yet relatively strong and ductile thatit can be drawn into wires or pressed into sheets or foil. The name was derived from n, the Latin name for alum (an aluminum sulfate mineral). It is the most abundant metallic element and the third most abundant of all elements in the earth’s crust, making up 8% of the crust by weight. Aluminum does not occur in the metallic state in nature because aluminum metal reacts with water and air to form powdery oxides and hydroxides.

  • @aashusoni8210
    @aashusoni8210 Před 2 lety

    no

  • @darkshadowsx5949
    @darkshadowsx5949 Před 2 lety

    its really hard to listen to it and do something else when you're forced to read text.
    put some smooth posh British guys voice in it and it would be great.

  • @bloxblox6801
    @bloxblox6801 Před 2 lety

    Recycled is better Ask Novelis

  • @sooraj-cd4vz
    @sooraj-cd4vz Před 3 lety

    This was a very well done video with appropriate animations that informed without distracting. Impressed!

    • @sooraj-cd4vz
      @sooraj-cd4vz Před 3 lety +1

      i not think it is good animation 88.

  • @ken7174
    @ken7174 Před 3 lety

    Hi