Mechanical Activation of Al-oxyhydroxide Minerals–A Review

Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-26

  Alex, T C ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Roy, S K ^b   Mehrotra, S P ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxyhydroxide; boehmite; gibbsite; leaching; mechanical activation; particle size distribution; pore size distribution; specific surface area; structural changes; thermal transformations

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CORUNDUM; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

BOEHMITE; GIBBSITES; MECHANICAL ACTIVATION; OXYHYDROXIDES; STRUCTURAL CHANGES; THERMAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84977601008     PISSN: 08827508     EISSN: 15477401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08827508.2015.1055626     Document Type: Article

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