Abstract
Waste aluminum dross was leached with sulfuric acid to prepare alum used for water treatment product. The remained metallic aluminum in the waste aluminum dross was extracted into the solution to make aluminum sulfate solution. The solution could be used as alum for water treatment product after adjusting the required alumina concentration and the basicity. Comparing to the conventional method for alum using aluminum hydroxide, material cost could be saved in this method. Also, there is an additional merit in view of recycling of the waste aluminum dross by reducing the amount of waste dross to be landfilled.
국내 알루미늄 재생업체에서 알루미늄 용해시 발생되는 알루미늄 폐드로스를 사용하여 수처리응집제로 사용되는 황산알루미늄을 제조하였다. 알루미늄 폐드로스를 황산과 반응시켜 폐드로스 중에 잔류하는 금속알루미늄을 황산알루미늄용액으로 제조함으로써 수산화알루미늄을 원료로 사용하여 황산알루미늄을 제조하는 종래의 방법에 비해 제품의 원료비를 줄일 수 있고, 알루미늄 폐드로스를 재활용함으로써 매립 등으로 폐기시켜야 할 폐드로스의 양을 줄이는 효과가 있었다.