Alumina is a valuable raw material for the production of adsorbents, abrasives, polishing
agents, refractory materials, and aluminum. It is generally produced from bauxites through …

The Bayer process used for refining bauxite to smelting grade alumina serves as the
linchpin of the Aluminum production industry worldwide. Even though the process is well …

The stability of a Pt/γ-Al 2 O 3 catalyst in liquid water and aqueous solutions of 5 wt%
glycerol or sorbitol at 225° C is examined using a variety of physicochemical methods. It is …

The effects of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), and
lecithin additives on salbutamol sulfate (SS) crystal growth are studied using molecular …

This review is the second of a series examining the history and current state of knowledge of
the science related to organic compounds in the Bayer process for the extraction of alumina …

The ability to design nanoparticles size and shape through the addition of simple and
commercially available organic molecules is of particular interest in the catalytic domain …

Development of a laboratory rig to provide graduate students with versatile equipment for
final year projects is discussed in this paper. The laboratory demonstrated scale formation …

Remarkably increasing precipitation rate of sodium aluminate solution was studied by
adding active seed and ammonia. The fine active gibbsite seed with irregular edge, large …

New methods were explored to intensify the precipitation of gibbsite from seeded caustic
sodium aluminate liquor: gibbsite crystal seed was activated by boiling in distilled water and …

Nano-sized α-Al2O3 particles with an average size of 30–40nm were prepared successfully
from supersaturated sodium aluminate solution with liquid-attached aluminum hydroxide …