PDF Section Operational Report 1. The Bayer Process
Bayer process, bauxite is mixed with caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide, and heated under pressure. ... and then calcination. There are two types of bauxite, trihydrate (Gibbsite Al 2 O 2 O) and monohydrate (Boehmite Al 2 O 2 O). The gibbsitic bauxite can be extracted