for the production of 1kg/h of NaAlCl4,453.7g/h of Cl2 gas are fed from a stock vessel to a reaction vessel containing initially introduced aluminium melt.at the same time,172.5g/h of aluminium granules are fed to the reaction vessel via a solids metering device.the AlCl3 forming escapes from the reaction vessel in gas form and is fed via a collection devic to a reactor vessel which contains a bed of granular common salt and aluminium.this reaction vessel is supplied with 373.8g/h of NaCl by a further solids metering device.a certain amount of hranular aluminium may be mixed in with this salt if required for reaction with HCl.