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Process for producing coarse grains of aluminum hydroxide
Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1980-08-05
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Granted: 1982-01-19
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Expires: 2000-08-05
Abstract
Abstract Coarse grains of aluminum hydroxide are economically produced in a high yield from sodium aluminate solution by dividing supersaturated sodium aluminate solution being prepared by the Bayer process and having a molar ratio of Na2O as caustic soda to Al2O3 in solution of less than 1.8 into two streams, adding a portion of recycle seed aluminum hydroxide and fine grains of aluminum hydroxide as seed to one of the streams of sodium aluminate solution, partially decomposing the sodium aluminate solution until the molar ratio of the sodium solution reaches 1.8-2.6, adding to the resulting partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry the other stream of sodium aluminate solution, which has been cooled to a temperature low enough to lower the temperature of the partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry by at least 3 DEG C., and the remaining portion of recycle seed aluminum hydroxide, and then further decomposing the cooled and mixed sodium aluminate slurry until the molar ratio of the sodium aluminate slurry reaches 2.6-4.0. The resulting coarse grains of aluminum hydroxide have a high resistance to disintegration to fine powder when calcined.
Inventors
- 👤 Koichi Yamada
- 👤 Takuo Harato
- 👤 Hisakatsu Kato
- 👤 Yasumi Shiozaki
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 06:43
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01F; C01F7/00; C01F7/02; C01F7/04; C01F7/14; C01F7/144; C01P; C01P2004/00; C01P2004/60; C01P2004/61
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
291 words
In a process for producing coarse grains of aluminum hydroxide from sodium aluminate solution, which comprises dividing supersaturated sodium aluminate solution being prepared by the Bayer process and having a molar ratio of Na 2 O as caustic soda to Al 2 O 3 in solution of less than 1.8 into two streams of sodium aluminate solution, adding aluminum hydroxide as seed to one of the streams of sodium aluminate solution, partially decomposing the seed-added stream until the molar ratio of the sodium aluminate solution reaches 1.8-2.6, adding the other stream of sodium aluminate solution, which has been cooled to a temperature low enough to lower the temperature of the partially decomposed stream of sodium aluminate solution in a slurry state at least by 3° C., to the partially decomposed stream of sodium aluminate slurry, and decomposing the mixed slurry of sodium aluminate until a molar ratio of the mixed slurry reaches at least 2.6, the improvement comprising adding a portion of recycle seed aluminum hydroxide and fine grains of aluminum hydroxide as seed to one of the streams of sodium aluminate solution, the fine grains of aluminum hydroxide added as seed having an average grain size of less than 10 μm, partially decomposing the sodium aluminate solution until the molar ratio of the sodium aluminate solution reaches 1.8-2.6, adding to the resulting partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry the other stream of sodium aluminate solution, which has been cooled to a temperature low enough to lower the temperature of the partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry by at least 3° C., and the remaining portion of recycle seed aluminum hydroxide, and then further decomposing the cooled and mixed sodium aluminate slurry until the molar ratio of the sodium aluminate slurry reaches 2.6-4.0.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
291 words
In a process for producing coarse grains of aluminum hydroxide from sodium aluminate solution, which comprises dividing supersaturated sodium aluminate solution being prepared by the Bayer process and having a molar ratio of Na 2 O as caustic soda to Al 2 O 3 in solution of less than 1.8 into two streams of sodium aluminate solution, adding aluminum hydroxide as seed to one of the streams of sodium aluminate solution, partially decomposing the seed-added stream until the molar ratio of the sodium aluminate solution reaches 1.8-2.6, adding the other stream of sodium aluminate solution, which has been cooled to a temperature low enough to lower the temperature of the partially decomposed stream of sodium aluminate solution in a slurry state at least by 3° C., to the partially decomposed stream of sodium aluminate slurry, and decomposing the mixed slurry of sodium aluminate until a molar ratio of the mixed slurry reaches at least 2.6, the improvement comprising adding a portion of recycle seed aluminum hydroxide and fine grains of aluminum hydroxide as seed to one of the streams of sodium aluminate solution, the fine grains of aluminum hydroxide added as seed having an average grain size of less than 10 μm, partially decomposing the sodium aluminate solution until the molar ratio of the sodium aluminate solution reaches 1.8-2.6, adding to the resulting partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry the other stream of sodium aluminate solution, which has been cooled to a temperature low enough to lower the temperature of the partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry by at least 3° C., and the remaining portion of recycle seed aluminum hydroxide, and then further decomposing the cooled and mixed sodium aluminate slurry until the molar ratio of the sodium aluminate slurry reaches 2.6-4.0.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the stream of sodium aluminate solution to be partially decomposed and the stream of sodium aluminate solution to be cooled are in a ratio of 30-70:70-30 in percentage by volume.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process according to claim 2, wherein the ratio is 40-60:60-40 in percentage by volume.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the recycle seed aluminum hydroxide is a classified fine grain fraction of aluminum hydroxide precipitated by the Bayer process and contains at least 10% by weight of grains passing through 325-mesh Tyler sieve.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the recycle seed aluminum hydroxide added to the stream of sodium aluminate solution to be partially decomposed is in an amount of 30-150 kg/m 3 of the sodium aluminate solution.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the fine grains of aluminum hydroxide added as seed to the stream of sodium aluminate solution to be partially decomposed are in an amount of 0.05-2 kg/m 3 of the sodium aluminate solution.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the fine grains of aluminum hydroxide as seed are prepared by cooling of supersaturated sodium aluminate solution or the addition of aluminum hydroxide gel to supersaturated sodium aluminate solution.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the partial decomposition for precipitating aluminum hydroxide is carried out at 65°-80° C.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the other stream of sodium aluminate solution, which has been cooled to a temperature low enough to lower the temperature of the partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry by at least 5° C. is added to the partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
48 words
The process according to claim 9, wherein the other stream of sodium aluminate solution, which has been cooled to a temperature low enough to lower the temperature of the partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry by at least 7° C. is added to the partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the cooling of the other stream of sodium aluminate solution is carried out in a flasher tank, a plate-type heat exchanger or a tube nest-type heat exchanger.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the addition of the cooled stream of sodium aluminate solution to the partially decomposed solution is made in one place or in a plurality of places in a divided manner.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the remaining portion of recycle seed aluminum hydroxide to be added to the partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry is in an amount of 30-150 kg/m 3 of total sodium aluminate solution including the other stream of cooled sodium aluminate solution.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the remaining portion of recycle seed aluminum hydroxide is added to the partially decomposed sodium aluminate slurry in one place or in a plurality of places in a divided manner.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the decomposition of the cooled sodium aluminate slurry is carried out at not more than 70° C.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process according to claim 15, wherein the decomposition is carried out at 50° to 65° C.
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