Chemistry of inorganic compounds – Treating mixture to obtain metal containing compound – Group iiia metal or beryllium
Patent
1984-03-15
1985-12-24
Carter, H. T.
Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Treating mixture to obtain metal containing compound
Group iiia metal or beryllium
423132, 423495, C01F 722
Patent
active
045605416
ABSTRACT:
A process is described for the formation of high purity alumina from aluminas such as Bayer Process alumina trihydrate (gibbsite) which contain both acid-soluble and -insoluble impurities, notably soda and silica. The solid hydrated alumina is reacted with a stoichiometric quantity of concentrated HCl to form a reaction product comprising of dissolved aluminum chloride and solid aluminum chloride hexahydrate (ACH). The acid and/or aluminum chloride concentration of the solution is then adjusted (as by water addition) to dissolve the solid ACH and form a solution at or near saturation in aluminum chloride, but with the remaining solid materials undissolved. The solution is then subjected to solid/liquid separation to eliminate the insoluble impurities, such as silica. Thereafter, the concentration is again adjusted to cause the ACH to crystallize and precipitate preferentially to the soluble impurities, following which the ACH is recovered as a solid and calcined in a single or multistage calcination to high purity alumina. The purified products find use in the specialty ceramics field, as synthetic sapphire, translucent tubing or other applications in which alumina must meet SPA specifications.
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Atlantic Richfield Company
Carter H. T.
Larson Craig E.
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