Upgradation of bauxite by molecular hydrogen and hydrogen plasma

• B. R. Parhi^1), , , 
• S. K. Sahoo¹⁾, 
• S. C. Mishra¹⁾, 
• B. Bhoi²⁾, 
• R. K. Paramguru³⁾, 
• B. K. Satapathy⁴⁾

• Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, 769008, Odisha, India

• Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751013, Odisha, India

• Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751024, Odisha, India

• National Aluminium Company Ltd., Bhubaneswar, 751013, Odisha, India

• Funds: 

  The authors would like to thank the National Aluminium Company (NALCO) for financial support. They also would like to thank Mr. M. Agarwal of SLM Metal (P) Ltd., Rourkela, and Prof. B.K. Mishra, director of Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar, for allowing us to conduct the reduction processing of bauxite samples. One author of this manuscript, Mr. B.R. Parhi, would like to thank Dr. R. Bhima Rao, former scientist, and Dr. B.C. Tripathy, scientist, IMMT, Bhubaneswar, for their valuable suggestions while preparing the manuscript.

• Received: 06 January 2016; Revised: 08 April 2016; Accepted: 21 May 2016;