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302280 (v.2) ChE 374 Mineral Processing



 

Area:Department of Chemical Engineering
Contact Hours:2.5
Credits:12.5
Lecture:1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:2 x 1 Hours Monthly
Anti Requisite(s):302208 (v.2) ChE 552 Mineral Processing or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):302240 (v.2) ChE 122 Process Principles or any previous version
AND
302246 (v.2) ChE 221 Fluid Mechanics or any previous version
Formation of minerals. Occurrence of economically important minerals. Identification of ores and minerals and their properties. Various ore dressing operations such as 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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