Bauxite
WEBBauxite, a globally abundant ore of aluminum, is a viable, effective, and lowcost fluoride adsorbent alternative to AA. Raw bauxite ore is comprised of a primary aluminum oxide mineral known as gibbsite [Al(OH) 3 ] [25–27] and its material cost (30/tonne) [28] is 50 × lower than the heavily processed and purified end product, AA (1500 ...