Article
Alumina Production and the Textile Industry
Journal of Textile Science & Engineering
(2017)
Abstract
The Bayer process used today for the production of alumina was originally discovered in Saint Petereburg in
Russia in the Tentelev Chemical Plant for supplying mordants to the textile industry. Bayer replaced the Le Chatelier
process for preparing aluminum hydroxide invented in 1855 by the sintering process by his method for preparing
aluminum hydroxide by seeding in 1888 then by leaching bauxite under pressure in 1892 to recover sodium hydroxide. The process was used unviserally for the treating of bauxite for supplying the growing aluminum industry by alumina.
Keywords
- Tentelev plant; Aluminum hydroxide; Le Chatelier process; Seeding; Pressure leaching; Bauxite
Disciplines
Publication Date
December, 2017
Citation Information
Fathi Habashi. "Alumina Production and the Textile Industry" Journal of Textile Science & Engineering Vol. 7 Iss. 6 (2017) p. 1 - 3 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/fathi_habashi/258/