PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MINERAL GEL AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MINERAL FINES

摘要

A process for the production of a mineral gel, characterized by immersing a mineral powder in acidic water for at least six hours, adding a gelation stabilizer, a syneresis inhibitor and a dispersant to the resulting mixture, subjecting the obtained mixture to gelation, and neutralizing the resulting system. This process can give a gel containing fines far more easily than the mechanical grinding processes of the prior art, with the characteristics inherent in the mineral retained.