Deville process

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The Deville process, also known as the Sainte-Claire Deville process,{{cite book |last1=Habashi |first1=Fathi |chapter=A Hundred Years of the Bayer Process for Alumina Production |title=Essential Readings in Light Metals |date=2016 |pages=85–93 |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-48176-0_12|isbn=978-3-319-48574-4 }}{{rp|p=86}} was the first industrial process used to produce aluminium.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7yJAgAAQBAJ|title=An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology|last=McNeil|first=Ian|publisher=Routledge|year=2002|isbn=978-1-134-98165-6}}{{rp|p=103}} It was developed by Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville in 1854.{{cite book |last=Drozdov |first=Andrey |year=2007 |url=https://rusal.ru/en/press-center/RUSAL%20Encyclopedia_full_engl_FINAL.pdf |title=Aluminium: The Thirteenth Element |publisher=RUSAL Library |isbn=978-5-91523-002-5 |access-date=2019-06-09 |archive-date=2016-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416035813/http://www.rusal.ru/en/press-center/RUSAL%20Encyclopedia_full_engl_FINAL.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{rp|p=39}} Aluminium produced using the Deville process typically contains 1% iron and 0.75% silicon.{{rp|p=106}}