Explain Bayer's method for obtaining alumina from bauxite ... Vedantu
Bayer's method: In this method, bauxite powder is taken and concentrated (45%) and sodium hydroxide solution is added and then heated in a closed vessel at 433 K temperature and 5 to 6 bars of pressure, for 6 to 8 hours, so that aluminium oxide present in bauxite is converted into sodium aluminate which is soluble in water. In bauxite, in ...