Bleaching of the kaolin ore from Shaziling Kaolin Mine in Jiangxi Province of China was studied with the aim of enhancing the quality and value of the ore to meet the requirements from the ceramics manufacturers. Factors affecting the reductive bleaching of kaolin ore with sodium dithionite as the bleaching agent were studied and optimized to increase the whiteness of the kaolin ore from 38. 5% to about 65%. However, it was found that in the conventional bleaching process, a washing step to remove the ferrous
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