Principles of Extractive Metallurgy
Course Name:
Principles of Extractive Metallurgy (MT253)
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Course Outcomes:
CO1: To obtain detailed understanding of current methods and technological principles used in extraction theory that are applied both in industrial and lab scale
CO2: Students should able to solve the problems related to process metallurgy, analysis and characterization that enhances their decision-making ability
Course modules and teaching hours:
MODULE 1: (6 hours) Sources of metals: land and sea, country wise resources unit processes, Pyrometallurgical, Hydrometallurgical and Electrometallurgical Processes
MODULE 2: (2 hours) Role of Carbon and Halides in extractive metallurgy
MODULE 3: (5 hours) Refining processes: Electro refining and electro winning, Recovery of metal values from leaching
MODULE 4: (10 hours) Aluminum and Magnesium extraction
MODULE 5: (7 hours) Copper: sources of copper, extraction from sulphide ores, refining, newer processes for copper extraction, hydrometallurgy of copper
MODULE 6: (5 hours) Zinc: sources, pyrometallurgical extraction, hydrometallurgical extraction, recovery of byproducts (cadmium); Imperial Smelting Process (ISP)
MODULE 7: (5 hours) Lead: sources, extraction of lead, lead blast furnace, refining, modern developments in smelting
MODULE 8: (3 hours) Nickel: sources, extraction from sulphide ores, carboxyl and electrolytic refining of nickel, extraction of nickel from oxide ores
MODULE 9: (9 hours) Stoichiometric calculations