Chemistry blog : Extraction of aluminium from bauxite
Sep 01, 2012· Extraction of aluminium from bauxite What is bauxite ? Bauxite(above) is an aluminium ore and is the main source of form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite (aluminium hydroxide), 2 aluminium oxide hydroxides (boehmite and diaspore) in a mixture with the two iron oxides (goethite and hematite), the clay mineral ...