Aluminum Chloride

Application: Aluminum chloride has extensive commercial applications. It is used primarily in the electrolytic production of aluminum. Another major use involves its catalytic applications in many organic reactions, including Friedel-Crafts alkylation, polymerization, isomerization, hydrocracking, oxidation, decarboxylation, and dehydrogenation.

It is also used in the production of rare earth chlorides, electroplating of aluminum and in many metal finishing and metallurgical operations.