Hall–Héroult process
TL;DR
Hall–Héroult process - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative
Hall–Héroult process - requires enrichment
What Had To Exist First
Preceding Inventions
Required Knowledge
- electrolysis-principles
- molten-salt-chemistry
- high-temperature-processing
Enabling Materials
- cryolite
- aluminum-oxide
- carbon-anodes
Independent Emergence
Evidence of inevitability—this invention emerged independently in multiple locations:
France
Filed patent April 23, 1886 - same electrolytic process discovered independently
Biological Patterns
Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread: