Alumina Trihydrate Production Cost Reports

Alumina Trihydrate production cost report provides a comprehensive analysis and know-how for setting up a Alumina Trihydrate production plant. The study covers all the requisite aspects that one needs to know for the production of Alumina Trihydrate. This includes manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure requirements, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, etc.

Alumina Trihydrate is produced through the Bayer process, where bauxite (Aluminium Ore) is dissolved in sodium hydroxide at elevated temperatures. The chemical is then separated from the remaining solids after the heating occurs. It is also known as Alumina Hydrate, ATH, Aluminium Hydroxide, Hydrate Alumina, Aluminium Tri Hydroxide, and Aluminium Hydrate. It is the hydrated oxide of aluminium.

Alumina Trihydrate with the molecular formula AlH3O3 appears to be a white solid substance with a powdery consistency and has a Hexagonal Platelet Particle Morphology. It is an odourless and tasteless amorphous powder. It has very low solubility in water however classified as an amphoteric, i.e., it can dissolve in acids or a strong alkali. Its specific gravity is g/cm3 2.42, and its hardness, Mohs, is between 2.5 – 3.5.

Its pH value is 9 - 10. its average particle size ranges from 80-100 microns. Its molecular weight is 78, and its density is 2.42 g/cm3 at 20 °C. Its melting and boiling point is 300 and 2980 [at 101 325 Pa]. It's insoluble in water and soluble in mineral acid and alkaline aqueous solution.

Alumina Trihydrate is most commonly used for producing aluminium metal as more than 90% of all Alumina Trihydrate produced gets converted to Aluminium Oxide (alumina) for manufacturing aluminium which is driving the market growth. Furthermore, it is used as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant filler in polymers like rubber products and carpet backing.

As a flame retardant, it is chemically included into a polymer molecule or mixed with a polymer to suppress and decrease the flame from spreading through a plastic. It is also used as an antacid which is ingested to buffer the stomach's pH. As it can react with a base as well as an acid, it finds application in many end-users as a raw material. It is used to make many inorganic chemicals like Non- ferric alum, Aluminium fluoride, Catalysts, Aluminium hydroxide gel, Poly aluminium chloride, Glass, and Sodium aluminate.