Improved precipitation of gibbsite from sodium aluminate solution by adding methanol

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 38-44

  Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Zheng, Shili ^a   Du, Hao ^a   Xu, Hongbin ^a   Wang, Shaona ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bayer liquor; Crystallisation; Gibbsite; Methanol; Sodium aluminate

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; BAYER LIQUOR; CAUSTIC CONCENTRATION; CRYSTALLISATION; FEEDING MODES; FEEDING RATE; GIBBSITE; ION HYDRATION; IR AND RAMAN SPECTRA; METHANOL CAPTURE; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; REACTION TIME; SEEDED PRECIPITATION; SEM; SODIUM ALUMINATE; SODIUM ALUMINATE SOLUTION; THIN SHEET; VOLUME RATIO; WATER MOLECULE; XRD;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FEEDING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

METHANOL;

EID: 67349183431     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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