Effect of mineral acids on the production of alumina nanopowder from raw bauxite

Powder Technology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-84

  Manivasakan, Palanisamy ^a   Rajendran, Venkatachalam ^a   Rauta, Prema Ranjan ^b   Sahu, Bhakta Bandhu ^b   Panda, Bharati Krushna ^b  

^a K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Dalmia Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research   (India)

Author keywords

Alumina nanopowder; Ball milling; Mass production; Particle size; Raw bauxite

Indexed keywords

ALKALI FUSION; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BALL MILLING PROCESS; BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; FTIR; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; MASS PRODUCTION; MINERAL ACID; NANO POWDERS; PORE VOLUME; PORE-SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION METHODS; RAW BAUXITE; SEM; SIMPLE REACTION; SIZE AND SHAPE; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHETIC BAYER LIQUORS; SYNTHETIC METHODS; TEM; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; UNIFORM-SIZED;

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINUM; BALL MILLING; BALL MILLS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MILLING (MACHINING); MILLING MACHINES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITRIC ACID; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PORE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RARE EARTHS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SPHERES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM SALT; INORGANIC ACID; NITRIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWDER; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79957462586     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.03.037     Document Type: Article

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