Which of the following reactions does not take place during leaching .
WEBBauxite is the principal ore of aluminium. The impurities present in bauxite are SiO2, iron oxides and titanium oxide (T iO2). Concentration is carried out by heating the powdered ore with a concentrated solution of NaOH at 473 – 523 K and 35 – 36 bar pressure. This process is called digestion. Al2O3 is extracted out as sodium aluminate.