Sequential leaching for the recovery of alumina from a Canadian clay

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 196-201

  Bazin, C ^a   El Ouassiti, K ^a   Ouellet, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alumina; Calcination; Clay; Hydrochloric acid; Leaching; Sulphuric acid

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA RECOVERY; HYDROCHLORIC LEACH;

ALUMINA; CALCINATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LEACHING; SULFURIC ACID;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 34447277150     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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