process for the preparation of a suspension, highly concentrated phosphoric acid and calcium sulphate hemihydrate contains in a form easy to filter.

摘要

The present invention relates to a wet process for the manufacture of phosphoric acid, which process essentially comprises a digestion step in which phosphate rock is digested by means of phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid to form a slurry containing highly concentrated phosphoric acid together with calcium sulfate hemihydrate, and a separation step in which the slurry is filtered for separation of calcium sulfate hemihydrate from the highly concentrated phosphoric acid (in which the concentration of P205 in the product acid is higher than 40% by weight, based on the weight of the product acid) and which is characterized by supplying active silica at a ratio of 0.2-5% by weight, based on the weight of phosphate rock, in order that active silica may be present in the above mentioned digestion step.