Mining and Refining Process World Aluminium
Silica can cause problems with scale formation and quality of the final product. 3. Digestion. A hot caustic soda (NaOH) solution is used to dissolve the aluminiumbearing minerals in the bauxite (gibbsite, b#246;hmite and diaspore) to form a sodium aluminate supersaturated solution or pregnant liquor. Gibbsite: Al(OH) 3 + Na + + OH Al