The effect of surface area on the modelling of quartz dissolution under conditions relevant to the Bayer process

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 108-115

  Xu, Bingan ^a   Wingate, Christine ^a   Smith, Peter ^a  

^a Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayer liquor; Bayer process; Caustic liquor; Dissolution kinetics; High temperature digestion; Modelling quartz dissolution; Quartz dissolution; Sodalite

Indexed keywords

BAYER LIQUOR; BAYER PROCESS; CAUSTIC LIQUOR; DISSOLUTION KINETICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE DIGESTION; MODELLING QUARTZ DISSOLUTION; QUARTZ DISSOLUTION; SODALITE;

CARBONATION; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 67349193310     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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