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Spent Potlining (SPL) is a waste material generated in the primary aluminium smelting industry. [1]

29 relations: Aluminium, Aluminium carbide, Aluminium nitride, Aluminium oxide, Aluminium smelting, Ammonia, Basel Convention, Carbon, Chromosome, Cryolite, Cyanide, Electricity generation, Electrolyte, Genotoxicity, Graphite, Hall–Héroult process, Hydrogen, Landfill, Leachate, Life-cycle assessment, Methane, Mitotic index, Mutagen, Portland cement, Refractory, Roasting (metallurgy), Sodium fluoride, United States Environmental Protection Agency, White blood cell.

Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Aluminium carbide

Aluminum carbide, chemical formula Al4C3, is a carbide of aluminum.

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Aluminium nitride

Aluminium nitride (AlN) is a nitride of aluminium.

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Aluminium oxide

Aluminium oxide (British English) or aluminum oxide (American English) is a chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula 23.

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Aluminium smelting

Aluminium smelting is the process of extracting aluminium from its oxide, alumina, generally by the Hall-Héroult process.

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Ammonia

Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3.

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Basel Convention

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs).

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Carbon

Carbon (from carbo "coal") is a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6.

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Chromosome

A chromosome (from Ancient Greek: χρωμόσωμα, chromosoma, chroma means colour, soma means body) is a DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material (genome) of an organism.

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Cryolite

Cryolite (Na3AlF6, sodium hexafluoroaluminate) is an uncommon mineral identified with the once large deposit at Ivigtût on the west coast of Greenland, depleted by 1987.

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Cyanide

A cyanide is a chemical compound that contains the group C≡N.

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Electricity generation

Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy.

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Electrolyte

An electrolyte is a substance that produces an electrically conducting solution when dissolved in a polar solvent, such as water.

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Genotoxicity

In genetics, genotoxicity describes the property of chemical agents that damages the genetic information within a cell causing mutations, which may lead to cancer.

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Graphite

Graphite, archaically referred to as plumbago, is a crystalline allotrope of carbon, a semimetal, a native element mineral, and a form of coal.

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Hall–Héroult process

The Hall–Héroult process is the major industrial process for smelting aluminium.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Landfill

A landfill site (also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump or dumping ground and historically as a midden) is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial.

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Leachate

A leachate is any liquid that, in the course of passing through matter, extracts soluble or suspended solids, or any other component of the material through which it has passed.

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Life-cycle assessment

Life-cycle assessment (LCA, also known as life-cycle analysis, ecobalance, and cradle-to-grave analysis) is a technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life from raw material extraction through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, use, repair and maintenance, and disposal or recycling.

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Methane

Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen).

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Mitotic index

Mitotic index is defined as the ratio between the number of cells in a population undergoing mitosis to the total number of cells in a population.

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Mutagen

In genetics, a mutagen is a physical or chemical agent that changes the genetic material, usually DNA, of an organism and thus increases the frequency of mutations above the natural background level.

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Portland cement

Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout.

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Refractory

A refractory mineral is a mineral that is resistant to decomposition by heat, pressure, or chemical attack.

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Roasting (metallurgy)

Roasting is a process of heating of sulfide ore to a high temperature in presence of air.

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Sodium fluoride

Sodium fluoride (NaF) is an inorganic compound with the formula NaF.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

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White blood cell

White blood cells (WBCs), also called leukocytes or leucocytes, are the cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spent_potlining

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