Aluminium Is Made Animation: How

The aluminum in the rock dissolves into the liquid, while the unwanted "red mud" (iron and silica) sinks to the bottom and is filtered out [1, 6].

To start the animation, imagine giant excavators scooping this red earth into a massive grinding mill. The rock is crushed into a fine powder, ready for its first big chemical makeover [6]. Act II: The White Powder (The Bayer Process) How Aluminium is made animation

From red dirt to white powder, and from a lightning-bolt bath to a silver slab, the aluminum is now ready to be shaped into anything from a foil wrap to a jet engine. The aluminum in the rock dissolves into the

This is the most dramatic part of the animation. Alumina is very stable; you can’t just melt it with fire to get the metal out. You have to "shock" it [1, 6]. Act II: The White Powder (The Bayer Process)