Aluminum Mineral Processing and Metallurgy: IronRich Bauxite and Bayer ...
The production process of Bayer alumina is shown in Figure 2. In the Bayer process, bauxite is leached with a hot solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at temperature of 150240°C and at 16 atm pressure . The aluminum minerals in the bauxite may be present as gibbsite (Al(OH) 3), boehmite (AlOOH) or diaspore (AlOOH) . The different forms of ...