Chapter 2. Production and Processing of Aluminum
claves. There, under pressure and at a temperature of 110–270°C, the alumina contained in the ore is dissolved to form sodium aluminate. The silica in the bauxite reacts and precipitates from solution as sodiumaluminumsilicate. Iron and titanium oxide and other impurities are not affected chemically, and being solid, settle out of solution.
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