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· Step 4- Digestion process. In the digestion process, the slurry is heated to 270℃ to form a sodium aluminate supersaturated solution or "pregnant liquor". A hot caustic soda (NaOH) solution can dissolve the aluminium-bearing minerals in the bauxite. There are two types of bauxite: gibbsite, böhmite and diaspore.Initially, the bauxite is washed and ground. During digestion, the bauxite is dissolved in caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) at high pressure (40–220 bar) and at high temperature (120–300°C). …
