Influence of Process Parameters in Three-Stage Purification of Aluminate Solution and Aluminum Hydroxide

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The influence of process parameters in the three-stage purification of aluminate solution from the Bayer process and aluminum hydroxide was considered in this paper. One of the ways of purification is treating the aluminate solution in order to reduce the concentrations in the starting raw material (solution) and then treating the aluminum hydroxide at a certain temperature and time in order to obtain an alumina precursor of adequate quality. The purification process itself is divided into three phases. The first phase involves the treatment of sodium aluminate with lime in order to primarily remove Ca2+ and (SiO3)2− impurities. Phase II aims to remove impurities of Zn2+, Fe2+, and Cu2+ by treatment with controlled precipitation using specially prepared crystallization centers. In Phase III, Na+ is removed by the process of hydrothermal washing of Al2O3 ∙ 3H2O. In this work, parameters such as temperature (T), reaction time (t), and concentration of lime (c) were studied in order to remove the mentioned impurities and obtain the purest possible product that would be an adequate precursor for special types of alumina.

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Damjanovic, V., Filipovic, R., Obrenovic, Z., Perusic, M., Kostic, D., Smiljanic, S., & Stopic, S. (2023). Influence of Process Parameters in Three-Stage Purification of Aluminate Solution and Aluminum Hydroxide. Metals, 13(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/met13111816

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