Online Courses Handbook 2003

303117 (v.1) WASM Mineral Processing 352

Area:	WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	303116 (v.1) WASM Mineral Processing 351 or any previous version
Flotation fundamentals - electrokinetics as applied to separation processes, surface adsorption and flotation reagents, mineral bubble interactions, flotation equipment, kinetics. Flotation of sulphides, non sulphides, coal flotation and agglomeration. Geometrical aspects of mineral textures with reference to liberation, QEMSCAN analysis, analysis of mineral surfaces, and identification of adsorbed species on minerals and their affects on flotation.