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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan J Nott, Tennille, GA (US);
Assignee:
Anglo-American Clays Corporation, Sandersville, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ; C01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106 72 ; 1062 / ; 252186 ; 252188 ; 423111 ; 423130 ;
Abstract
A method for improving the brightness and whiteness of kaolin clays or the like. An aqueous slurry of the clay is initially treated with a solution of sodium borohydride and sodium hydroxide at a pH of above 7.0 up to about 10.0. Sulphur dioxide is then bubbled through the slurry or otherwise brought into contact with same, the pH being permitted to attain a value of between 6.0 and 7.0. The pH may thereupon be adjusted to between 2.5 and 4.0 with an acid, at which pH the leach reaction may occur; or the application of gaseous sulphur dioxide may be continued to yield a pH of the indicated 2.5 to 4.0 range.