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Electrolytic recovery of gallium from alkali aluminate Bayer process solutions

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A method for the electrochemical recovery of gallium from alkali aluminate Bayer process solutions has been considered. The comparative characteristics of electrolyzers have been given.

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  1. Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Pervomaiskaya 91, Yekaterinburg, 620990, Russia

    V. M. Skachkov, G. M. Rubinshtein, V. T. Surikov, I. S. Medyankina, L. A. Pasechnik & N. A. Sabirzyanov

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Original Russian Text © V.M. Skachkov, G.M. Rubinshtein, V.T. Surikov, I.S. Medyankina, L.A. Pasechnik, N.A. Sabirzyanov, 2016, published in Khimicheskaya Tekhnologiya, 2016, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 110–117.

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Skachkov, V.M., Rubinshtein, G.M., Surikov, V.T. et al. Electrolytic recovery of gallium from alkali aluminate Bayer process solutions. Theor Found Chem Eng 51, 580–586 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579517040133

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