An investigation of the mechanisms of goethite, hematite and magnetite-seeded Al(OH) 3 precipitation from synthetic Bayer liquor

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 72-79

  Webster, Nathan A S ^a,b   Loan, Melissa J ^a   Madsen, Ian C ^a   Knott, Robert B ^b   Kimpton, Justin A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayer process; Gibbsite; In situ synchrotron X ray diffraction; Iron oxides and oxyhydroxides; Precipitation mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BAYER PROCESS; BAYERITE; CHARACTERISATION; CONDUCTIVITY ANALYSIS; GAIN INSIGHT; GIBBSITES; IN SITU SYNCHROTRON X-RAY DIFFRACTION; IN-SITU SYNCHROTRONS; INDUCTION TIME; MAGNETITE PARTICLES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PRECIPITATION MECHANISMS; PROCESS EQUIPMENTS; SEED PARTICLE; SYNTHETIC BAYER LIQUORS; TWO STAGE;

ALUMINUM; CARBON STEEL; DIFFRACTION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HEMATITE; INVESTMENTS; IRON ORES; MAGNETITE; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEED; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84860389480     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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