Recovery of alumina and alkali in Bayer red mud by the formation of andradite-grossular hydrogarnet in hydrothermal process

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 827-835

  Zhang, Ran ^a,b   Zheng, Shili ^a   Ma, Shuhua ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alkali; Alumina; Andradite grossular hydrogarnet; Bayer red mud; Hydrothermal process

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; ALUMINA REFINERIES; ALUMINUM OXIDES; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; DESILICATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGARNET; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; ISOMORPHIC SUBSTITUTION; LEACHED RESIDUES; MASS RATIO; MOLAR RATIO; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; REACTION SYSTEM; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RECOVERY PROCESS; RED MUD; RESIDENCE TIME;

ALUMINOSILICATES; ALUMINUM; EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING; RECOVERY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM;

ALUMINA;

ALKALI; ALUMINUM OXIDE; IRON; SODIUM;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANDRADITE; BIOREACTOR; GROSSULAR; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; REFINING INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHINA; POLLUTION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHINA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHINA;

EID: 79956030463     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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