302280 (v.2) ChE 374 Mineral Processing

Area:	Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	2.5
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Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	2 x 2 Hours Monthly
Anti Requisite(s):	302208 (v.2) ChE 552 Mineral Processing or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):	302240 (v.3) ChE 227 Process Principles or any previous version AND 308807 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics 230 or any previous version
Syllabus:	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, and 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 thelocal mineral processing industry.
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Field of Education:	030301 Chemical Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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