Effect of temperature and alumina/caustic ratio on precipitation of boehmite in synthetic sodium aluminate liquor

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Dash, B ^a   Tripathy, B C ^a,b   Bhattacharya, I N ^a   Das, S C ^a   Mishra, C R ^c   Pani, B S ^c  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MINTEK   (South Africa)

^c National Alluminium Company   (India)

Author keywords

Alumina caustic ratio; Bayer process; Boehmite precipitation; Sodium aluminate liquor; Supersaturation

Indexed keywords

BAYER PROCESS; BOEHMITE PRECIPITATION; CAUSTIC RATIO; SODIUM ALUMINATE LIQUOR;

ALUMINA; CALCINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SUPERSATURATION;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 34447264786     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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