Main Article Content

Chemical and Physical Comparative Study of the Effect of Wet and Dry Beneficiation of Kankara Kaolin


N Salahudeen
A Nasiru
AS Ahmed
M Dauda
SM Waziri
PC Okonkwo
MT Isa

Abstract

Chemical and physical comparative effect of wet and dry beneficiation processes for purification of kaolin was studied. X-ray flourescence XRF and particle size analysis of kaolin clay before and after beneficiation were carried out. The Si/Al ratio of the raw kaolin which was 1.90 decreased by 1.6 and 17.9% after the wet and dry beneficiation processes respectively. The clay content of the raw clay which was 48 wt% was improved to 73 wt% after the dry beneficiation while the impurity content was reduced from 52 to 27wt%.

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v34i2.13


Journal Identifiers


eISSN: 2467-8821
print ISSN: 0331-8443