Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refining: Process Description ...
The bauxite ore contains aluminum trihydrate (Al(OH) 3). Alumina refining produces alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) from the bauxite ore, by exploiting the reversible reaction of the Bayer process 1–3 : The reaction is firstly driven in the sodium aluminate (NaAlO 2 ) direction by the addition of caustic soda (NaOH) to bauxite.
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