THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAMMA ALUMINA FROM INDONESIAN MINERAL
Indonesia has abundance laterite bauxite resource. Indonesia has potential to be used as gamma alumina precursor. Most of laterite mineral forms is gibbsite. Gamma alumina can be produced from gibbsite mineral through two steps, converting gibbsite to boehmite then synthesizing gamma alumina from...
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| Language: | Indonesia |
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| Institution: | Institut Teknologi Bandung |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Summary: | Indonesia has abundance laterite bauxite resource. Indonesia has potential to be used
as gamma alumina precursor. Most of laterite mineral forms is gibbsite. Gamma
alumina can be produced from gibbsite mineral through two steps, converting gibbsite
to boehmite then synthesizing gamma alumina from boehmite.
The conversion gibbsite to boehmite has been carried out. This study has carried out
with hydrothermal method using Parr reactor. The role of acidity, basicity, and
percentage of boehmite seed addition have been studied. The acid system was
conducted with HNO3 and the base system was conducted with KOH. The
concentration of both systems was varied from 1M, 3M, and 5M. The percentage of
boehmite was varied from 1%, 3%, and 5%. The reaction temperature was varied from
160, 180, and 200? while reaction time was varied from 2 and 5 hours. Boehmite and
gamma alumina were characterized using XRD and BET methods.
The most optimum operating conditions and providing the best quality boehmite is
when using HNO3 5M as a solvent with 1% boehmite seed added, at an operating
temperature of 180? for 2 hours. Crystallinity and crystal size obtained when using
these conditions amounted to 60.7% and 10.64 nm. Gamma alumina was successfully
made from boehmite synthesized. The surface area of gamma-alumina SB-09 and SB-
22 are 221.74 m2/ g and 50.99 m2/ g respectively. |
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