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<p>The <b>Alberger process</b> is an industrial method of producing <a href="Salt" title="Salt">salt</a> from <a href="Rock_salt" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock salt">rock salt</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Method">Method</h2></div>
<p>The Alberger process begins by heating brine under high pressure with a series of heaters. Impurities are removed using a tank filled with granite cubes called a graveler. When the pressure is released, salt crystals form in a steam-heated evaporation pan.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This results in a three-dimensional pyramid-shaped flake salt, which has low <a href="Bulk_density" title="Bulk density">bulk density</a>, high solubility, and good adhesion.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a scientific article from 1946, the process results in salt of high purity but "is the least economical method for the production of a given quantity of salt."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2></div>
<p><a href="Cargill" title="Cargill">Cargill</a> operates a plant in <a href="St._Clair%2C_Michigan" title="St. Clair, Michigan">St. Clair, Michigan</a> that is the only place in the United States that manufactures such salt using the Alberger process. Diamond Crystal <a href="Kosher_Salt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosher Salt">Kosher Salt</a> is a brand of salt produced using the Alberger process.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of its shape, density and flavor characteristics, it is often a preferred choice by <a href="Snack_food" class="mw-redirect" title="Snack food">snack food</a> manufacturers.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>The method was patented by Charles L. Weil on June 8, 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="History_of_salt" title="History of salt">History</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Salt in the American Civil War">In the American Civil War</a></li>
<li><i><a href="International_Salt_Co._v._United_States" title="International Salt Co. v. United States">International Salt Co. v. United States</a></i></li>
<li><a href="History_of_salt_in_Middlewich" title="History of salt in Middlewich">In Middlewich</a></li>
<li><a href="Old_Salt_Route" title="Old Salt Route">Old Salt Route</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_in_Chinese_history" title="Salt in Chinese history">In Chinese history</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_March" title="Salt March">Salt March</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_road" title="Salt road">Salt road</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_edible_salts" title="List of edible salts">Types</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Abraum_salts" title="Abraum salts">Abraum</a></li>
<li><a href="Alaea_salt" title="Alaea salt">Alaea</a></li>

<li><a href="As%C3%ADn_tibuok" title="Asín tibuok">Asín tibuok</a></li>
<li><a href="Bittern_(salt)" title="Bittern (salt)">Bittern</a></li>
<li><a href="Sea_salt" title="Sea salt">Black lava</a></li>
<li><a href="Butter_salt" title="Butter salt">Butter</a></li>
<li><a href="Calcium_chloride" title="Calcium chloride">Calcium chloride</a></li>
<li><a href="Celery_salt" title="Celery salt">Celery</a></li>
<li><a href="Curing_salt" title="Curing salt">Curing</a></li>
<li><a href="Cyclic_salt" title="Cyclic salt">Cyclic</a></li>
<li><a href="Dairy_salt" title="Dairy salt">Dairy</a></li>
<li><a href="Flake_salt" title="Flake salt">Flake</a></li>
<li><a href="Fleur_de_sel" title="Fleur de sel">Fleur de sel</a></li>
<li><a href="Garlic_salt" title="Garlic salt">Garlic</a></li>
<li><a href="Himalayan_salt" title="Himalayan salt">Himalayan</a></li>
<li><a href="Iodised_salt" title="Iodised salt">Iodised</a></li>
<li><a href="Jugyeom" class="mw-redirect" title="Jugyeom">Jugyeom</a></li>
<li><a href="Kala_namak" title="Kala namak">Kala namak</a></li>
<li><a href="Korean_brining_salt" title="Korean brining salt">Korean brining</a></li>
<li><a href="Kosher_salt" title="Kosher salt">Kosher</a></li>
<li><a href="Monosodium_glutamate" title="Monosodium glutamate">Monosodium glutamate</a></li>
<li><a href="Moshio_salt" title="Moshio salt">Moshio salt</a></li>
<li><a href="Pickling_salt" title="Pickling salt">Pickling</a></li>
<li><a href="Potassium_chloride" title="Potassium chloride">Potassium chloride</a></li>
<li><a href="Potassium_nitrate" title="Potassium nitrate">Potassium nitrate</a></li>
<li><a href="River_reed_salt" title="River reed salt">River reed salt</a></li>
<li><a href="Sodium_nitrate" title="Sodium nitrate">Sodium nitrate</a></li>
<li><a href="Onion_powder#Onion_salt" title="Onion powder">Onion</a></li>
<li><a href="Halite" title="Halite">Rock</a></li>
<li><a href="Salammoniac" title="Salammoniac">Salammoniac</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_substitute" title="Salt substitute">Salt substitute</a></li>
<li><a href="Sea_salt" title="Sea salt">Sea salt</a></li>
<li><a href="Seasoned_salt" title="Seasoned salt">Seasoned</a></li>
<li><a href="Sel_gris" title="Sel gris">Sel gris</a></li>
<li><a href="Smoked_salt" title="Smoked salt">Smoked</a></li>
<li><a href="Sodium_chloride" title="Sodium chloride">Sodium chloride</a></li>
<li><a href="Truffle_salt" class="mw-redirect" title="Truffle salt">Truffle</a></li>
<li><a href="Asin_tibuok" class="mw-redirect" title="Asin tibuok">Túltul</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Food usage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Brining" title="Brining">Brining</a></li>
<li><a href="Salting_(food)" title="Salting (food)">Salting</a></li>
<li><a href="Brined_cheese" title="Brined cheese">Brined cheese</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt-cured_meat" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt-cured meat">Salt-cured meat</a></li>
<li><a href="Salted_fish" title="Salted fish">Salted fish</a></li>
<li><a href="Health_effects_of_salt" title="Health effects of salt">Health effects</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_and_cardiovascular_disease" title="Salt and cardiovascular disease">Salt and cardiovascular disease</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commerce<br>and industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Salt_Commission" title="Salt Commission">Salt Industry Commission</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_evaporation_pond" title="Salt evaporation pond">Evaporation pond</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_mining" title="Salt mining">Salt mining</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_well" title="Salt well">Salt well</a></li>
<li><a href="Sink_works" title="Sink works">Sink works</a></li>
<li><a href="Open-pan_salt_making" title="Open-pan salt making">Open-pan salt making</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_countries_by_salt_production" title="List of countries by salt production">List of countries by salt production</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_tectonics" title="Salt tectonics">Salt tectonics</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Salt_in_Cheshire" title="Salt in Cheshire">Cheshire</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_industry_in_Ghana" title="Salt industry in Ghana">Ghana</a></li>
<li><a href="San_Francisco_Bay_Salt_Ponds" title="San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds">San Francisco Bay</a></li>
<li><a href="Khewra_Salt_Mine" title="Khewra Salt Mine">Pakistan</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Grain_of_salt" class="mw-redirect" title="Grain of salt">Grain of salt</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_in_the_Bible" title="Salt in the Bible">Salt in the Bible</a></li>
<li><a href="Salting_the_earth" title="Salting the earth">Salting the earth</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mineral_lick" title="Mineral lick">Mineral lick</a></li>
<li><a href="Road_salt" title="Road salt">Road salt</a></li>
<li><a href="Smelling_salts" title="Smelling salts">Smelling salts</a></li>
<li><a href="Water_softening" title="Water softening">Water softening</a></li>
<li><a href="Ximenes_Redoubt" title="Ximenes Redoubt">Ximenes Redoubt</a></li>
<li><a href="Salt_tax" title="Salt tax">Tax</a></li></ul>
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