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Fluoride cycling within a smelter has been examined as a function of alumina properties. Using an experimental configuration in which the two ends of a single potline were operated with different aluminas, quantitative measurements were made of fluoride evolution from the pots, and hydrogen fluoride (HF) levels at the scrubber and stack. Correlations were then examined with specific alumina properties,...