Met E 11 Notes For 2 Sem: Fundamentals of Mineral Processing
Met E 11 Notes For 2 Sem: Fundamentals of Mineral Processing
Met E 11 Notes For 2 Sem: Fundamentals of Mineral Processing
Department Profile
Disaster Preparedness
Presentation
Syllabus Discussion
Introduction Typical flowsheet may cover only one metal from start to
Responsibilities of a finish. Appreciation purpose only.
metallurgical engineer
Importance of metals
Definitions and History
Copper to iron age
Important minerals
Philippine Resources
List of operating mines
Engineering Fundamentals
Typical Flowsheet
Introductory Extractive Definition and applications covers the typical path of kinds
Metallurgy of ores.
1. Definitions and Leaching methods discussion covers flowsheet and
applications chemical equations of gold, copper and nickel leaching.
2. Hydrometallurgy - Enrichment methods discussion covers adsorption,
definition solvent exchange and ion exchange.
a. Leaching Recovery methods discussion covers crystallization and
methods precipitation.
b. Enrichment Pyrometallurgy discussion does not cover fuels and
methods refractories. Examples should include copper, nickel
c. Recovery sulfides, iron (until steelmaking), and gold.
methods Electrometallurgy aqueous systems covers
d. Material balance electrowinning, electrorefining, and cementation.
3. Pyrometallurgy - Examples should include copper, gold and aluminum.
definition
. Processes
a. Types of equipment Electrometallurgy material balance covers calculation of
b. Material balance E(reversible), Faraday’s equation applied to a single cell.
4. Electrometallurgy - Current efficiency is not covered.
definition
. Aqueous systems
a. Fused salt electrolysis
b. Material balance