Aluminium hydroxide

About: Aluminium hydroxide is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2043 publications have been published within this topic receiving 22032 citations. The topic is also known as: Al(OH)3 & Amphojel.

Synthesis of aluminum hydroxide thin coating and its influence on the thermomechanical and fire-resistant properties of wood

Abstract: Abstract Aluminum hydroxide [Al(OH)3] film on wood substrate has been synthesized by means of the hydrothermal (HT) method for improvement of wood’s mechanical properties and resistance to combustion. The HT temperature was set to 100°C and 120°C, and the reaction time varied from 4 h to 10 h. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS) results show that the thin film grown on wood surface was amorphous Al(OH)3 and the relative crystallinity of treated woods slightly improved. SEM observation revealed that the Al(OH)3 film is composed of regular micro/nano-sized spheres, whose production and size increase with the reaction time, and some AlO(OH) structures emerged at 120°C with reaction times longer than 6 h. The storage modulus of the wood treated at 100°C and 120°C for 8 h can be improved by 30%, while the viscoelastic properties are also influenced by the HT treatment and Al(OH)3 coating. The limiting oxygen index of raw wood rose from 24.7% to 27.9% after the treatment, which can be interpreted as a moderate improvement of the fire resistance.

Process for the Extraction of Lithium from Dead Sea Solutions

Abstract: Lithium is precipitated as lithium aluminate from Dead Sea brines, which contain a minute amount of lithium chloride, by adding aluminium salt and alkali (preferably ammonia) at room temperature. The process can be carried out in the presence of chlorides of magnesium, calcium, sodium and potassium. The lithium aluminate precipitate is dissolved in sulphuric acid and the excess acid neutralized with ammonia. The sulphates of ammonia and aluminium thus formed react to yield the respective alum. The solution contains lithium sulphate. The sulphate ions from the alum are precipitated with calcium chloride. The filtrate contains ammonium chloride and aluminium chloride. Aluminium chloride is precipitated by alkali to form aluminium hydroxide and recirculated as a soluble aluminium salt.

Cement spraying admixture

Abstract: A method for coating a substrate with a cementitious composition by spraying, comprising the addition to the initial cementitious mix one of a β-naphthalene sulphonate-formaldehyde condensate and a water-soluble poly(alkylene oxide) of molecular weight from 100,000-8,000,000, the other being added at the spraying nozzle, there being additionally added at the nozzle (preferably as a single component with the other nozzle-added material) an accelerator selected from aluminium sulphate, aluminium hydroxide and aluminium hydroxysulphate. In a preferred embodiment, the material added at the nozzle also contains a superplasticiser.