Studies on recrystallised aluminium hydroxide precipitates

Summary Aluminium hydroxide gels were recrystallised in high pH solution for 2–1000 h to give a series of Gibbsite powdersP11/2,P11/8,P1/48,P11/360 andP11/X, consisting of hexagonal platelet crystals; their average platelet lengths (l0) were 0.03, 0.06, 0.13, 0.26 and 0.45 microns. The dissolution of dilute suspensions of these powders in well-stirred sodium hydroxide solutions were studied at 20–65°C Reaction solid and solution were analysed after different times by chemical and physical methods.