IS 5953 : 1985 Specification for bauxite for use in the production of alumina

UDC 622.349.21 : 669.712 MTD 13

Reaffirmed 2024

1 Scope

1.1 This standard covers the classification of bauxites used inthe production of alumina by the Bayer's process and its subsequentuse in the production of primary aluminium metal.

2 References

IS 2 :1960 Rules for rounding offnumerical values

IS 1387 : 1967General requirements for the supply of metallurgicalmaterials

IS 1999 : 1962 Methodof sampling bauxite

IS 2000 : 1962 Methods of chemical analysis ofbauxite