High solids processing of kaolinitic clays with post-leaching oxidation

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PATENT NO 4618374
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06717937

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A process for beneficiating a poor grade crude kaloinitic clay mineral to produce a clay filler for use in papermaking to improve the brightness of the paper product. The crude kaolin clay is blunged with water containing a dispersing agent to form a high solids fluid aqueous clay suspension. This clay suspension is then screened and fractionated to reduce the particle size thereof to 92-95% finer than 2 microns. The fractionated clay suspension is treated with an alkaline leaching solution containing a reducing agent effective in converting ferric ions to ferrous ions and, preferably, a water-soluble anionic phosphate. The leached clay suspension, which has a solids content of at least 55%, is then treated with an oxidizing agent to oxidize unreacted leaching agent and byproducts formed during the leaching process.

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GEORGIA KAOLIN COMPANY INCA CORP OF NJ ELIZABETH NJ

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Bradshaw, Robert W Brick, NJ 8 64
Polestak, Walter J Summit, NJ 4 14
Thompson, III Thomas D Upper Black Eddy, PA 6 43

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