302208 (v.2) ChE 552 Mineral Processing



 

Area:Department of Chemical Engineering
Contact Hours:3.0
Credits:12.5
Lecture:2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):302280 (v.2) ChE 374 Mineral Processing or any previous version
Formation of minerals. Occurrence of economically important minerals. Identification of ores and minerals and their properties. Various ore dressing operations - comminution, sizing and sorting, jigging, tabling, flotation, magnetic and electrostatic separations. Extraction of mineral species. Various separation processes for beneficiation of minerals, including adsorption, electrolysis, electrowinning, leaching, solvent extraction, precipitation and by reaction. Typical examples from the local mineral processing industry.

 

 

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