Which method is used for the purification of Bauxite ore?
The leaching of aluminium oxide from bauxite is called Baeyer's process. The process was invented by an Austrian Karl Joseph Bayer in 1888 In the Bayer process when bauxite was mixed with caustic soda, the alumina content in the bauxite would dissolve and separate itself from the other components, such as iron and silica, which would ...