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Kinetics of Alumina Removal from a Calcined Kaolin with Nitric, Sulphuric and Hydrochloric Acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

S. F. Hulbert  and
D. E. Huff
S. F. Hulbert
Affiliation:
Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Engineering, Clemson University, S. Carolina
D. E. Huff
Affiliation:
Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Engineering, Clemson University, S. Carolina
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Abstract

An investigation of the acid-leaching of a calcined kaolin was made to compare the reaction kinetics of hydrochloric, nitric, and sulphuric acids. The acid concentrations used were 5·9 and 8·6 normal. Reaction temperatures used were 95°, 80° and 60° C.

Particular attention was given to finding a reaction equation which would mathematically represent the kinetic data. A nucleation rate equation of the general form, was found to represent these data. Values of m varied from 1·10 to 1·55 depending on the experimental conditions.

Under the conditions employed the rate of alumina leaching is fastest with hydrochloric acid, slower with sulphuric acid, and slowest with nitric acid. The rate controlling steps are proposed from the experimental evidence.

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Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , July 1970 , pp. 337 - 345
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1970

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