Recovery of fluoride values from spent pot-lining: Precipitation of an aluminium hydroxyfluoride hydrate product

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-192

  Lisbona, Diego Fernández ^a   Steel, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium hydroxyfluoride hydrate; Smelter grade aluminium fluoride; Spent pot lining

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; EXTRACTION; HYDROLYSIS; LEACHING; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ALUMINIUM HYDROXYFLUORIDE HYDRATES; SMELTER GRADE ALUMINIUM FLUORIDE; SPENT POT-LINING; WATER WASH;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 42949172986     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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