Kinetics of Recovery of Alumina from Coal Fly Ash through Fusion with Sodium Hydroxide

M A Rahaman¹, M A Gafur¹ and A S W Kurny^1,

¹Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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M A Rahaman, M A Gafur and A S W Kurny. Kinetics of Recovery of Alumina from Coal Fly Ash through Fusion with Sodium Hydroxide. American Journal of Materials Engineering and Technology. 2013; 1(3):54-58. doi: 10.12691/materials-1-3-6

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