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For smelting applications, alumina quality is typically defined in terms of chemical and physical properties, with emphasis on impurity elements, surface area, moisture content, particle size distribution and attrition index. However, these properties fail in prediction of the true HF generation potential, as well as the real capacity for HF removal in the dry scrubbers. Using plant measurements and additional laboratory characterization of a number of alumina samples a broadening of how alumina quality is specified is argued for. Measurements of the residual gibbsite/boehmite content and the pore size distribution, coupled with characterization of the alumina microstructure, can be used to predict and understand the generation of HF during feeding and dissolution as well as the ability to capture HF in the dry scrubbers.
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Perander, L.M., Stam, M.A., Hyland, M.M., Metson, J.B. (2011). Towards Redefining the Alumina Specifications Sheet — The Case of HF Emissions. In: Lindsay, S.J. (eds) Light Metals 2011. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48160-9_51
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