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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<process xmlns="http://www.tangiblebit.org/xml/process-1.0.dtd"  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
	<name>Hall-Héroult process</name>
	<description>The Hall-Héroult process is the major industrial process for the production of aluminium. It involves dissolving alumina in molten cryolite, and electrolysing the solution to obtain pure aluminium metal.</description>
	<dc>
		<!-- Dublin core metadata -->
	</dc>
	<inputs>
		<!-- Materials could also use 'rel' tags to reference other files-->
		<material>
			<material:name>Alumina</material:name>
			<material:formula>Al2O3</material:formula>
		</material>
		<material>
			<material:name>Cryolite</material:name>
			<material:formula>Na3AlF6</material:formula>
		</material>
		<material>
			<material:name>Aluminum fluoride</material:name>
			<material:formula>AlF3</material:formula>
		</material>
		<!-- Not necessarily just material inputs... or outputs... -->
		<electricity>
			<voltage>110kV</voltage>
			<current>340kA</voltage>
		</electricity>
	</inputs>
	<outputs>
		<material>
			<material:name>Aluminum</material:name>
			<material:formula>Al</material:formula>
			<material:phase>liquid</material:phase>
		</material>
		<material>
			<material:name>Hydrogen fluoride</material:name>
			<material:formula>HF</material:formula>
			<material:phase>gas</material:phase>
		</material>
		<material>
			<material:name>Carbon dioxide</material:name>
			<material:formula>CO2</material:formula>
			<material:phase>gas</material:phase>
		</material>
	</outputs>
	<!-- Various other specifics of the process -->
</process>