Mineral Processing and Beneficiation
Course Name:
Mineral Processing and Beneficiation (MT204)
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Course Outcomes:
CO1: To get fundamental understanding of mineral crystallography
CO2: To emphasize the importance of mineral dressing in metallurgy and economics of the minerals industry
CO3: To learn beneficiation and processing of low-grade minerals using physical separation technique
CO4: Students would be able to identify different minerals and understand the importance of mineral beneficiation process
Course modules and teaching hours:
Module 1: (10 hours) General theory of Mineral Crystallography: Crystal Symmetry, Space Group, Crystal Structure Packed Spheres
Module 2: (10 hours) Scope of Mineral Dressing in Metallurgy. Economics of the Minerals Industry, Mineral Liberation process: crushing and grinding, milling. Sampling and Particle size analysis. Materials and Energy Balance in Mineral Processing
Module 3: (15 hours) Gravity concentration methods. Froth floatation. Magnetic and electrical separation. Advance Magnetic and Electrical separator for beneficiation of low-grade minerals. Recycling process and methods for electronic waste
Module 4: (20 hours) Identification of ore under polarized microscope such as iron ore, copper ore, lead, practical on size distribution, Forth floatation experiment, gravitation concentration on iron ore, and Magnetic separation