Extraction of alumina and sodium oxide from red mud by a mild hydro-chemical process

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1629-1634

  Zhong, Li ^a,b,c   Zhang, Yifei ^a,b   Zhang, Yi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY FOR HYDROMETALLURGICAL CLEANER PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alumina; Mild hydro chemical process; Red mud; Sodium oxide

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; MASS RATIO; NAOH SOLUTIONS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; RED MUD; SODIUM ALUMINATE;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDRATES; LEACHING; LIQUIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SODIUM;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACTION METHOD; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; MUD; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; HYDROCHEMICAL PROCESS; LEACHING; PH MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RED MUD; SOLID WASTE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; OXIDES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 71749120338     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.08.036     Document Type: Article

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