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Recycling of Aluminum Salt Cake: Utilization of Evolved Ammonia

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The communication presents an extension of the leaching process of the salt cake earlier developed by the present authors. The process describes the investigations in capturing the ammonia gas evolved by hydrolysis of AlN during aqueous leaching at 373 K (100 °C) by CO2-saturated water. The product, i.e., ammonium bicarbonate which is free of chlorides, is a value-added product and can find application in the fertilizer industry. The present method has the added advantage of fixing CO2 as well.

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The authors are thankful to the Iron and Steel Institute Research Institute Beijing, China, for their help with the chemical analyses. The authors are thankful to Stena Aluminum AB for the supply of salt cake samples. Partial financial support from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China

    Peng Li (Ph.D Student) & Mei Zhang (Professor)

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden

    Peng Li (Ph.D Student), Lidong Teng (Doctor) & Seshadri Seetharaman (Professor)

  3. Institute of Iron and Steel Technology, TU-Bergakademie, 09599, Freiberg, Germany

    Seshadri Seetharaman (Professor)

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Li, P., Zhang, M., Teng, L. et al. Recycling of Aluminum Salt Cake: Utilization of Evolved Ammonia. Metall Mater Trans B 44, 16–19 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-012-9779-3

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