Smelting of bauxite residue to form a soluble sodium aluminium silicate phase to recover alumina and soda

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-26

  Bruckard, W J ^a   Calle, C M ^a   Davidson, R H ^a   Glenn, A M ^a   Jahanshahi, S ^a   Somerville, M A ^a   Sparrow, G J ^a   Zhang, L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alumina and soda recovery; Bauxite residue; Leaching; Oxidative smelting

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE RESIDUE; BAYER PROCESS; CARNEGIEITE; ENVIRONMENTAL SEM; LARNITE; LEACH LIQUORS; OXIDATIVE SMELTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SILICATE PHASE; SILICON CONTENTS; SODIUM ALUMINATE; WATER LEACH;

ALUMINOSILICATES; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SLAGS; SODIUM;

SMELTING;

EID: 77951471163     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037195509X12518785461760     Document Type: Article

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