In the previous paper, the amount and the crystal-form of impurities on and in crystals of Australiansolar salts imported during 1969-1971 were reported. In this paper, the author studied thesame on Australian solar salts imported during 1972-1976 (Port Hedland, Lake Macleod, Port Dampier and Shark Bay) for comparison with the previous paper. And the following results wereobtained.
1. The amount of impurities of Australian solar salts was 0.000-0.07% insoluble matter, 0.01-0.03%K
+, 0.02-0.06%Mg
2+, 0.03-0.05% Ca
2+, 0.09-0.18%SO
42-, 1.2-3.4%H
2O. The potassium andmagnesium contents of Shark Bay and the sulfate and water contents of Lake Macleod were relativelyhigh. When the results were compared with the previous paper, no remarkable change wasobserved except the decrease of impurities of Port Hedland.
2. The amount of impurities
in crystals of these salts was 0.001-0.04% insoluble matter, 0.004-0.03%K
+, 0.005-0.03%Mg
2+, 0.005-0.06%Ca
2+, 0.03-0.07%SO
42- and 0.2-1.0% H
2O. Themagnesium content of Port Hedland was low, while the water content of Lake Macleod was relativelyhigh (0.8%). When the results were compared with previous paper, no remarkable changewas observed except Port Hedland. All the impurities of Port Hedland decreased appreciably, especially the water content by one-tenth of the previous paper.
3. It was shown that solar salts with high water content did not always crystallize from themother liquid of high magnesium-ion concentration. Therefore, when an appropriate procedure isapplied in crystallizing pond, high quality salts with small amount of water
in crystals would bepossibly obtained even in the mother liquid of relatively high magnesium-ion concentration.
4. The particle sizes of 50% weight passing per cent of Australian solar salts were 2.2-3.5mm, which were smaller than those of Mexican solar salts (3.4-4.5mm).
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