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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean Lepetit, Aix en Provence, FR;
Jacques Mordini, Aix en Provence, FR;
Assignee:
Aluminium Pechiney, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423121 ; 423127 ; 423130 ;
Abstract
Process for the low-temperature treatment according to the Bayer cycle of gibbsite-bearing bauxite of low reative silica content, involving desilication of the said bauxite before leaching, by a liquor of low caustic soda concentration and characterized in that this sodium liquor consists of one or more washing waters originating from the Bayer cycle, mixed or otherwise with leaching liquor, wherein the weighted reactive silica content is preferably lower than 5% of the alumina content of the bauxite and the concentration of the sodium liquor used for desilication ranges from 50 to 120 g/liter of Na.sub.2 O caustic.