Describe Hall's process for concentration of bauxite.
In Hall's process the ore is powdered and then it is leached by heating with aqueous sodium carbonate in the digester to form water soluble sodium aluminate. Then the insoluble impurities are filtered out. The filtrate is warmed and neutralised by passing carbon dioxide gas through it. This result in precipitation of aluminium hydroxide. Al(2)O(3) cdot 2H(2)O((s))+Na(2)CO(3(aq)) rarr underset ...