Microwave digestion of gibbsite and bauxite in sodium hydroxide
WEBMar 1, 2020 · These materials are extracted from bauxite ore through the highlighted digestion step in the process shown in Fig. 1. Bauxite is made up of multiple minerals, which vary in concentration based on the region the ore came from. The ore typically contains one of three aluminum based minerals (gibbsite, boehmite, or diaspore) .