Sodium Aluminate
What is it?
Sodium Aluminate, NaAlO2, is a clear liquid that is light brown in colour. It is an important commercial inorganic chemical.
Where is it applied?
Sodium Aluminate can be used in a number of areas, for example :
- Mineral processing: as a coating extender in the Titanium Dioxide Pigment Industry
- Chemical manufacturing: as a feed material for white alumina trihydrate and zeolite production
- A cement additive to accelerate setting.
- Water treatment, as a coagulant aid to improve flocculation, and for removing dissolved silica
- In the paper industry
