The manufacture of alum and the sulphates and other salts of alumina and iron; their uses and applications as mordants in dyeing and calico printing, and their other applications in the arts, manufactures, sanitary engineering, agriculture, and horticulture (1901)
Geschwind, Lucien · London : Scott, Greenwood & son; New York : D. Van Nostrand co. [etc., etc.] · leaf 175
AND SULPHATES OF IRON 1 55 lost in the residue in normal working is therefore about 2 per cent, of the mineral employed — a fairly low proportion. According to the quality of aluminium sulphate produced, and the more or less satisfactory performance of washing, the treat¬ … ment of a ton of bauxite entails a consumption of 45 to 50 cwt. of 6o° Be. sulphuric acid, the yield being about 4 tons of aluminium sulphate. D. Concentrating the Liquor. — The final stages of the work present no special difficulties. The liquid, which has a density of 33° to 34° Be., from the…
Alum · Sulphates · Dyes and dyeing · Chemistry, Technical
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