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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1984
Filed:
May. 19, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Deutschman, Kingston, CA;
Francoise Tahiani, Kingston, CA;
Assignee:
Alcan International Limited, Montreal, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01F / ; C01F / ; C01F / ; C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423122 ; 423126 ; 423132 ; 423481 ; 23296 ;
Abstract
A starting solid mixture of AlCl.sub.3 and Nacl, which may have been obtained by acid leaching of an aluminiferous mineral and precipitation of the AlCl.sub.3 and NaCl, is mixed with water in an amount to form an aqueous solution containing NaCl and AlCl.sub.3 in a weight ratio Na.sub.2 O/Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 of about 0.028. This is sparged with HCl to precipitate AlCl.sub.3, but the sparging is stopped before a substantial concentration of NaCl starts to come out of solution. The precipitated AlCl.sub.3 may be calcined to Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and washed to remove any residual NaCl.