Desilication of sodium aluminate solution by Friedel's salt (FS: 3CaO·A12O3·CaCl2·10H2O)

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 225-230

  Ma, Jiayu ^a   Li, Zhibao ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Demopoulos, George P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayer process; Characterization; Desilication; Friedel's salt; Kinetics; Sodium aluminate

Indexed keywords

ALUMINATE SOLUTION; ANION EXCHANGE; APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; BAYER LIQUORS; BAYER PROCESS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDES; CALCIUM OXIDE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DESILICATION; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FIRST ORDER; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; MINERAL ANIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZERS; SEM; SILICA CONCENTRATIONS; SILICA LEVEL; SODIUM ALUMINATE; SODIUM ALUMINATE LIQUOR; SODIUM ALUMINATE SOLUTION; TEMPERATURE RANGE; XRD;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALUMINOSILICATES; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE MINERALS; HYDRATED LIME; LIME; ORE TREATMENT; RATE CONSTANTS; SILICA; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZEOLITES;

CALCIUM;

EID: 71749104195     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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